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What do you use for SSL that doesn't require thinking?

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#11

NailIce3 said:
Did you test your restore lately

What does this have to do with SSL certs

9 #12

LifeZoe said:
What does this have to do with SSL certs

Nothing directly. I mention it because people who want "no thinking" solutions often skip backups too. If your host handles SSL, great. Do they also handle backup verification?

#13

I pay my host £8/month and they email me when the cert renews. I don't touch anything. That's my answer: find a host that emails you so you know it happened without having to check.

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8 #14

Which host is that?

#15

William17 said:
Which host is that

Local one in Cardiff, not a big name you'd know. Point is I shopped for "managed" not "cheap."

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#16

For cheap VPS I use acme.sh with DNS challenge through Cloudflare API. One install, one cron line, renews everything including wildcards. Not zero-config but one-config-and-forget.

çok ucuz, çok hızlı
2 #17

I run certbot on my home server and the electricity cost to keep it up is more than just buying a cert. Japan electricity rates are brutal. Switched to ZeroSSL paid, done.

8-char NTLM found in 4min 32sec
#18

ZeroSSL free tier exists too, 90 day certs, no ACME required if you use their web interface. But then you're clicking every 90 days so not really "no thinking."

#19

let34 said:
ZeroSSL free tier exists too

ZeroSSL free is 3 certs max. After that it's paid. Let's Encrypt is unlimited and has been since 2016. The cron cost is the only real downside.

7 #20

liam_funky said:
The cron cost is the only real downside

What cron cost? It's one line. The real downside is when certbot breaks on OS upgrade and you find out 60 days later.

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