I'm setting up an SSL certificate to verify ownership of my domain and ensure that the server is linked to the domain. I'm using Let's Encrypt for the certificate and want to ensure that the certificate renews automatically without manual intervention.
Currently, I manually add the _acme-challenge record and secret to the DNS server. My DNS provider is All-Inkl.
For the backend, I'm using a Google Cloud VM running Ubuntu.
How can I automate the renewal process for the SSL certificate without needing to update the DNS records manually? Any suggestions for configuring this with Let's Encrypt and All-Inkl would be greatly appreciated!
You can use Certbot and a cron job to Automatically Renew Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate on All-Inkl DNS and Google Cloud VM (Ubuntu).
This sftp-gateway-gcp-3.0 article covers how to set up LetsEncrypt on Ubuntu It provides step-by-step instructions for the initial setup.
You need to Install Certbot and the Nginx plugin on the VM and Run Certbot to get the initial SSL certificate Test the certificate renewal process with sudo certbot renew.
Refer to this Digital ocean tutorial for more information