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author | Noah Swartz <swartzcr@gmail.com> | 2016-05-09 22:35:10 +0300 |
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committer | Noah Swartz <swartzcr@gmail.com> | 2016-05-09 22:35:10 +0300 |
commit | e04e9286f62f5f94c98ea297aa6b92c499b0fa58 (patch) | |
tree | c8788d3a99d6c67289fc4c892e75b4f01e652261 /README.rst | |
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index a0bd4059b..385a031ff 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Disclaimer ========== -Certbot is **BETA SOFTWARE**. It contains plenty of bugs and -rough edges, and should be tested thoroughly in staging environments before use -on production systems. +Certbot (previously, the Let's Encrypt client) is **BETA SOFTWARE**. It +contains plenty of bugs and rough edges, and should be tested thoroughly in +staging environments before use on production systems. For more information regarding the status of the project, please see https://letsencrypt.org. Be sure to checkout the @@ -138,16 +138,15 @@ System Requirements =================== The Let's Encrypt Client presently only runs on Unix-ish OSes that include -Python 2.6 or 2.7; Python 3.x support will be added after the Public Beta -launch. The client requires root access in order to write to -``/etc/letsencrypt``, ``/var/log/letsencrypt``, ``/var/lib/letsencrypt``; to -bind to ports 80 and 443 (if you use the ``standalone`` plugin) and to read and -modify webserver configurations (if you use the ``apache`` or ``nginx`` -plugins). If none of these apply to you, it is theoretically possible to run -without root privileges, but for most users who want to avoid running an ACME -client as root, either `letsencrypt-nosudo -<https://github.com/diafygi/letsencrypt-nosudo>`_ or `simp_le -<https://github.com/kuba/simp_le>`_ are more appropriate choices. +Python 2.6 or 2.7; Python 3.x support will hopefully be added in the future. The +client requires root access in order to write to ``/etc/letsencrypt``, +``/var/log/letsencrypt``, ``/var/lib/letsencrypt``; to bind to ports 80 and 443 +(if you use the ``standalone`` plugin) and to read and modify webserver +configurations (if you use the ``apache`` or ``nginx`` plugins). If none of +these apply to you, it is theoretically possible to run without root privileges, +but for most users who want to avoid running an ACME client as root, either +`letsencrypt-nosudo <https://github.com/diafygi/letsencrypt-nosudo>`_ or +`simp_le <https://github.com/kuba/simp_le>`_ are more appropriate choices. The Apache plugin currently requires a Debian-based OS with augeas version 1.0; this includes Ubuntu 12.04+ and Debian 7+. |