Automate the installation of Let's Encrypt SSL on the free plan of ServerPilot

In case you want to start over, get $10 off in Digital Ocean or Vultr for your droplet.

Create a Droplet with Ubuntu 16.x or anything and Install WordPress with Serverpilot.

About the script:

This script adds Let's encrypt SLL to your WordPress site created using Serverpilot and hosted on server.

ServerPilot offers auto installation of Let's encrypt with upgrade account about $10 per month. This script saves the time and works with free Serverpilot account. It's install SSL + adds a cronjob that renew Let's encrypt SSL

Getting started

If git isn't installed on your droplet, install it using this command

sudo apt-get -y install git

and then run this command to clone the repository

sudo git clone https://github.com/nguyenrom/LetsEncrypt-Serverpilot.git && cd letsencrypt && sudo mv sple.sh /usr/local/bin/keep && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/keep

Note: Let's encrypt allow only 5 SSL certificates per domain per week. If you think you already made this mistake, you've to wait for a week before using this method or use a different domain or subdomain of the domain you're adding SSL for.

Here are the simple steps to install SSL on your apps

For main domains (Don't include www with your domain)

Visit serverpilot > Server > App, write down the app name.

keep install example.com app_name main

If you run your website with "www"

keep install sub.example.com app_name sub

keep uninstall example.com app_name

keep uninstall sub.example.com app_name

Schedule auto renewal manually.

Add the following to your crontab (crontab -e)

For Ubuntu 14.04

0 */12 * * * /usr/local/bin/certbot-auto renew --quiet --no-self-upgrade

For Ubuntu 16.04

0 */12 * * * letsencrypt renew