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How do you enable HTTPS with Certbot in a lab story?
How do you enable HTTPS with Certbot in a lab story? On a machine you control with a real domain pointing to it, use Certbot to get a certificate, then reload the web server. Certbot fetches a free Let’s Encrypt certificate and sets up auto-renew so it never expires by surprise. “Certbot for the cer
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Short answer
On a machine you control with a real domain pointing to it, use Certbot to get a certificate, then reload the web server.
Example
Certbot fetches a free Let’s Encrypt certificate and sets up auto-renew so it never expires by surprise.
Say it in the interview
“Certbot for the cert, config-test, reload, and I stress auto-renew.”
Why it matters
An expired certificate breaks the site, so auto-renew is the part people forget.
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