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| author | Peter <pconrad@salesforce.com> | 2016-07-29 01:43:57 +0300 |
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| committer | Peter <pconrad@salesforce.com> | 2016-07-29 01:43:57 +0300 |
| commit | 9ebda1879cbcdf400718ac033113dd10a53c958d (patch) | |
| tree | f8eaf22676df1606a2d0cd278a9d36df65648900 /README.rst | |
| parent | 94ea4246388900f2131df68b9d0aa51a05659c65 (diff) | |
Restructured installation docs. Mainly put everything together in a sensible order in using.rst and pointed to it from README.rst.
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 35 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index c71079f9a..007b9b469 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -36,33 +36,9 @@ If you'd like to contribute to this project please read `Developer Guide Installation ------------ -If ``certbot`` (or ``letsencrypt``) is packaged for your Unix OS (visit -certbot.eff.org_ to find out), you can install it -from there, and run it by typing ``certbot`` (or ``letsencrypt``). Because -not all operating systems have packages yet, we provide a temporary solution -via the ``certbot-auto`` wrapper script, which obtains some dependencies from -your OS and puts others in a python virtual environment:: - - user@webserver:~$ wget https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto - user@webserver:~$ chmod a+x ./certbot-auto - user@webserver:~$ ./certbot-auto --help - -.. hint:: The certbot-auto download is protected by HTTPS, which is pretty good, but if you'd like to - double check the integrity of the ``certbot-auto`` script, you can use these steps for verification before running it:: - - user@server:~$ wget -N https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto.asc - user@server:~$ gpg2 --recv-key A2CFB51FA275A7286234E7B24D17C995CD9775F2 - user@server:~$ gpg2 --trusted-key 4D17C995CD9775F2 --verify certbot-auto.asc certbot-auto - -And for full command line help, you can type:: - - ./certbot-auto --help all - -``certbot-auto`` updates to the latest client release automatically. And -since ``certbot-auto`` is a wrapper to ``certbot``, it accepts exactly -the same command line flags and arguments. More details about this script and -other installation methods can be found `in the User Guide -<https://certbot.eff.org/docs/using.html#installation>`_. +The easiest way to install Certbot is by visiting certbot.eff.org_, where you can +find the correct installation instructions for many web server and OS combinations. +For more information, see the `User Guide <https://certbot.eff.org/docs/using.html#getting-certbot>`_. How to run the client --------------------- @@ -71,6 +47,11 @@ In many cases, you can just run ``certbot-auto`` or ``certbot``, and the client will guide you through the process of obtaining and installing certs interactively. +For full command line help, you can type:: + + ./certbot-auto --help all + + You can also tell it exactly what you want it to do from the command line. For instance, if you want to obtain a cert for ``example.com``, ``www.example.com``, and ``other.example.net``, using the Apache plugin to both |