How to Install a Free LetsEncrypt SSL Certificate on Ubuntu 16.04 Apache Server

Here are the terminal commands to set up a free LetsEncrypt SSL certificate on Ubuntu 16.04 Apache server.

First run these commands in terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-certbot-apache

Now you will be able to install multiple free LetsEncrypt SSL certificates by running the following terminal command for each of the domains on your server, replacing example.com with the domain you want an SSL certificate for.

sudo certbot –apache -d example.com -d www.example.com

If you want to force HTTPS then don’t forgot to update the .htaccess file for each website your want to force HTTPS on.

It’s also worth noting that when installing multiple LetsEncrypt SSL certificates on a server you may need to edit the following file manually to ensure each of the domains is included in this file. I’ve found when installing multiple LetsEncrypt SSL certificates on the same server it can overwrite the first entry in this file.

/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default-le-ssl.config

Useful Resources

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04
• https://certbot.eff.org/all-instructions/#ubuntu-16-04-xenial-apache

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