Plesk for Linux
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Question
How to install Let's Encrypt certificate via CLI for a domain in Plesk?
Answer
It's possible to use Let's Encrypt CLI utility for installing certificates as shown below:
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Connect to the server via SSH
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Run the following command to list all available options:
# plesk bin extension --exec letsencrypt cli.php --help
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Example of issuing a certificate for domain example.com including webmail:
# plesk bin extension --exec letsencrypt cli.php -d example.com -d webmail.example.com -m jdoe@example.com
Additional information
How to secure Plesk and mail server with Let's Encrypt certificate via CLI?
Comments
4 comments
Is it possible to issue a request for a wildcard certficate with DNS challenge from the CLI ?
I would like to add a fourth level domain to my certificate but I can't do it from the plesk interface...
Hello John D'Orazio
The CLI can manage wildcard certificates issue. To see details, use the
plesk ext sslit --helpcommand.Make sure that SSL It! extension is installed on your server.
Do the old binaries exist anywhere? Or does this new system support generating a cert that is not tied to a specific domain? Our staff had been generating LE certs for alias domains while onboarding new websites, using the binaries at
This no longer works. We were forced to do this because Plesk does not let you generate an LE cert specific to ONLY an alias domain, while the primary domain remains pointed elsewhere. This new system appears to have the same issue as the GUI, where it will not let you generate a cert for only an alias domain, it requires you use the primary domain too, which doesn't work if it is not yet live.
I know it's a year too late to answer the previous questions about issuing wildcards from the command line.
I think the SSL It! command line tool is probably too complicated to figure out how to use from the command line --help documentation, but this documentation web page does a pretty good job of showing how to use it https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/obsidian/administrator-guide/website-management/websites-and-domains/advanced-website-security/securing-connections-with-ssltls-certificates/securing-connections-with-the-ssl-it!-extension.80001/
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