NGINX Shenanigans

Most recent updates: 02/01/2025 09:04:32 UTC

Generate SSL Certs the caveman way with simple Terminal Command.Commands.

Installing certbot if needed:

sudo apt-get install python3-certbot-dns-cloudflare

Store the cloudflare api token key:

mkdir /some/path/to/the
sudo chmod 0700 /some/path/to/the
sudo chmod 0400 /some/path/to/the/api_access_secret.ini
sudo nano /some/path/to/the/api_access_secret.ini

The contents of the api_access_secret.ini should be:

dns_cloudflare_api_token = <yourtopsecretcloudflareapitoken>

Pulling wildcard certs for a domain:

sudo certbot -v certonly --dns-cloudflare --dns-cloudflare-credentials /some/path/to/the/api_access_secret.ini -d 'prplanit.com' -d '*.prplanit.com'

The

Return contentsPublic ofIP thewith api_access_secret.inicurl, should be:

one-liner:

dns_cloudflare_api_tokencurl = <yourtopsecretcloudflareapitoken>ifconfig.me