Editing Installing Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates On Namecheap Hosting (section)

=== Installing certificates ===

==== Run a test install ====

`--webroot` points to the working root of the website. If there is an "app" subdirectory that contains the web root, this path will need to reflect that.

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$ acme.sh --issue --webroot ~/damienjay.com -d www.mydomain.com -d mydomain.com -d etc.mydomain.com --staging
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==== Run the actual certificate installation ====

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$ acme.sh --issue --webroot ~/damienjay.com -d www.mydomain.com -d mydomain.com -d etc.mydomain.com --force
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==== Apply the certificate to the site in cPanel ====

There is only one domain identifier for the website. This is the first domain listed for the site when issuing the certificate in the previous step.

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$ acme.sh --deploy --deploy-hook cpanel_uapi --domain www.mydomain.com
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==== Make certificate active in cPanel ====

It's still necessary to make this the active certificate in cPanel. 

* '''cPanel''' > '''Security''' > '''SSL/TLS''' > '''Certificates (CRT)''' > '''Generate, view, upload, or delete certificates'''
* Locate the new certificate in the list > Click the '''Install''' link to the right of the certificate. 
* Under '''Manage Installed SSL Websites''' locate the new certificate
* Click '''Make primary''' to the right of the certificate. 

At this point the new certificate should handling secure requests on the website.

==== Delete old certificates ====

Clean up older certificates in cPanel.

* Click '''Return to SSL Manager''' at the bottom of the page.
* '''Certificates (CRT)''' > '''Generate, view, upload, or delete certificates'''
* Delete any certificates for the domain in question with older expiration dates.