Let’s Encrypt has been offering wildcard TLS certificates since the January 2018, and aMiSTACX has the Let’s Encrypt agent certbot-auto [G3, G4] or certbot [G5] pre-installed. This should cover all aMiSTACX G3/G4/G5s running on Ubuntu 16, 18, & 20 LAMP and LEMP stacks. Recommendation: Don’t use Let’s Encrypt! Make use of Cloudflare Origin Certificates. This… Continue reading Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certs on Ubuntu
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How to add a purchased certificate to aMiSTACX
Generally speaking this will be the same process for both Apache and NGINX. A high-level overview is provided here. Please see your stack instructions for more details per vhost configuration. Step 1. Copy the certificate(s) [key, crt, pem etc. as per what issuer provided] to: /etc/{Apache2, NGINX}/ssl/ Step 2. Update the vhost files for the server with… Continue reading How to add a purchased certificate to aMiSTACX
How to clear HSTS in Chrome & Firefox
[Re-printed from] Re-Hashed: How to clear HSTS settings in Chrome and Firefox. A quick look at what HSTS is and how to clear it on two of the most popular browsers. HSTS stands for HTTP Strict Transport Security, it’s a web security policy mechanism that forces web browsers to interact with websites only via secure HTTPS… Continue reading How to clear HSTS in Chrome & Firefox