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Install Certbot with Nginx on Ubuntu VPS

Category: VPS Setup

Set up Certbot—a Let’s Encrypt client—on an Ubuntu VPS with Nginx—install with

apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

run:

certbot --nginx -d domain.com

to auto-configure SSL Open port:

ufw allow 443

On DigitalOcean test with

curl -I https://domain.com

—expect \"200 OK\" with SSL Ensures uptime—secures phpMyAdmin with free Let’s Encrypt certificates in VPS hosting auto-renews every 90 days