Install of phcl_acme

Install & initial setup

1. Download a copy of the latest LetsEncryptManage (tar file or rpm) & and extract the files
   • This should be extracted into a temporary work directory, eg:

     # mkdir /tmp/x
     # cd /tmp/x
     # tar xzf /tmp/LetsEncryptManage-version.release-0.0.tar.gz
               

2. Look at the installer bin/InitialSetup, especially the first few lines, check:
   • Are you happy with the 2 users that will be created? If not change RsaUser and AcmeUser
   • Are you happy with the directory that will be created? If not change AcmeHome. Note that this is a directory that Apache will access.
   • Check that the value of ApacheGroup — this does vary between systems
3. Read the rest of the script — understand, in outline, what it does
4. Run it as the user root, giving as argument the path to the tar file, eg:

          # sh /tmp/x/bin/InitialSetup /tmp/LetsEncryptManage-version.release-0.0.tar.gz
          

   Check that nothing went wrong — did you see any errors ?.

   The scripts assume a reasonably capable shell, ksh and bash both work fine. ash (known as dash on Debian & Ubuntu) does not support the syntax used.

5. Change to directory /var/www/acme/, have a look around.
6. The tar file contains a copy of acme-tiny.py, however you might want to download a copy straight from the source: https://github.com/diafygi/acme-tiny
7. You can now remove the temporary work directory and downloaded tar file, eg:

          # rm -r /tmp/x/ /tmp/LetsEncryptManage-version.release-0.0.tar.gz
          

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