https://github.com/petermann/easyengine-ssl-setup
EasyEngine: Creating a Site without a Valid Certificate and Updating to Let's Encrypt Certificate
https://github.com/petermann/easyengine-ssl-setup
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EasyEngine: Creating a Site without a Valid Certificate and Updating to Let's Encrypt Certificate
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/petermann/easyengine-ssl-setup
- Owner: petermann
- Created: 2024-08-03T18:48:44.000Z (10 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-08-04T04:54:28.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-13T11:54:23.019Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: easyengine, easyengine-command, wordpress
- Homepage: https://easyengine.io
- Size: 1000 Bytes
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# EasyEngine: Creating a Site without a Valid Certificate and Updating to Let's Encrypt Certificate
## Introduction
This tutorial guides you through creating a WordPress site with EasyEngine using an initial self-signed certificate and without a wildcard SSL certificate. This approach is designed to avoid the error: `Error: Update from wildcard SSL to normal SSL is not supported yet.` By following these steps, you will be able to update your site to a valid Let's Encrypt certificate in the future.
**Note:** Replace `www.domain.com` with the URL of the site you want to create.
### Initial Setup
1. **Create a simple HTML site with a self-signed certificate:**
```bash
ee site create www.domain.com --type=html --ssl=self --skip-status-check
```
2. **Copy the site certificates from `/opt/easyengine/services/nginx-proxy/certs` to `/root/certs/`:**
```bash
mkdir -p /root/certs/
cp /opt/easyengine/services/nginx-proxy/certs/www.domain.com.* /root/certs/
```
3. **Delete the HTML site:**
```bash
ee site delete www.domain.com --yes
```
4. **Create a new WordPress site using custom certificates:**
```bash
ee site create www.domain.com --type=wp --ssl=custom --ssl-key='/root/certs/www.domain.com.key' --ssl-crt='/root/certs/www.domain.com.crt' --skip-status-check
```
5. **Remove the certificates from `/root/certs/` after creating the WordPress site:**
```bash
rm -rf /root/certs/www.domain.com.*
```
### Updating to a Valid Certificate
When necessary to update to a valid certificate:
1. **Backup the current certificates (optional, for recovery purposes):**
```bash
mkdir -p /root/certs/
cp /opt/easyengine/services/nginx-proxy/certs/www.domain.com.* /root/certs/
```
2. **Disable the current SSL configuration:**
```bash
ee site update www.domain.com --ssl=off
```
3. **Delete the existing certificates:**
```bash
rm -rf /opt/easyengine/services/nginx-proxy/certs/www.domain.com.*
```
4. **Update the site with a new valid Let's Encrypt certificate:**
```bash
ee site update www.domain.com --ssl=le
```
### Resources
- [EasyEngine Official Website](https://easyengine.io)
- [EasyEngine Site Commands Documentation](https://easyengine.io/commands/site/)
---
This README.md file provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a WordPress site with EasyEngine, starting with a simple HTML site and transitioning to a WordPress site with custom certificates. This setup avoids the wildcard SSL error and prepares the site for future updates with a valid Let's Encrypt certificate. For more details on EasyEngine commands, visit the [EasyEngine Site Commands Documentation](https://easyengine.io/commands/site/).