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Masakazu Nakano

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Dec 11, 2015, 9:20:43 AM12/11/15
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HI there

Does anyone tried to encrypt by this service?


it seems also to use for nginx.

mack

Calvin Walton

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Dec 14, 2015, 2:44:28 PM12/14/15
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On Fri, 2015-12-11 at 06:20 -0800, Masakazu Nakano wrote:
> HI there
>
> Does anyone tried to encrypt by this service?
>
> https://letsencrypt.org
>

Hi, I've done some initial work to test it out - it seems like a great
service - free and easy to use! The server
https://demo.bigbluebutton.org/
is now using a certificate from Let's Encrypt as a trial.

I plan to write up a how-to document at some point, but here's some
quick hints:

The built-in nginx support does not work with BigBlueButton, so you
will have to do manual configuration.

To generate a certificate on a BigBlueButton machine, use the following
command (replace yourserver.example.com with your own dns name):

./letsencrypt-auto --webroot -w /var/www/bigbluebutton-default/ \
        -d yourserver.example.com certonly

Follow the instructions at
http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/install/install.html#configure-nginx-http
but start at the line "In addition, we'll generate a set of 2048..."

In the file /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton, use the following
paths for certificates:

ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourserver.example.com/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourserver.example.com/privkey.pem;

Follow the instructions for the other parameters.

Note that the Let's Encrypt certificates only last for 90 days, but you
can renew them for free. To renew, re-run the same "letsencrypt"
command that you used to generate the certs, then run
  /etc/init.d/nginx reload

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Masakazu Nakano

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Dec 17, 2015, 3:24:07 AM12/17/15
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Hi Calvin 

thank you for your trial.

let me try it too. :)

mack

Michael

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Apr 14, 2016, 2:14:35 PM4/14/16
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Hi! Looks like LetsEncryps is out of beta. Is this docs are actual?


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Fred Dixon

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Apr 14, 2016, 3:54:43 PM4/14/16
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Hi Michael,

We'll be updating the install documentation on using LetsEncrypt.  

For the moment, the instructions in Calvin's post are applicable.

Regards,... Fred

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Michael

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Apr 15, 2016, 4:45:57 AM4/15/16
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Hi Fred! Thx for your response.

Will be waiting for official docs of using LetsEncrypt in BBB then (docs for future 1.0 stable release, I presume?)  It will be nice. since Chrome blocking WebRTC (over http) microphone in new versions.


~M


четверг, 14 апреля 2016 г., 22:54:43 UTC+3 пользователь Fred Dixon написал:
Hi Michael,

We'll be updating the install documentation on using LetsEncrypt.  

For the moment, the instructions in Calvin's post are applicable.

Regards,... Fred

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Michael <darkfess...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi! Looks like LetsEncryps is out of beta. Is this docs are actual?


пятница, 11 декабря 2015 г., 17:20:43 UTC+3 пользователь Masakazu Nakano написал:
HI there

Does anyone tried to encrypt by this service?


it seems also to use for nginx.

mack

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Fred Dixon

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Apr 15, 2016, 6:53:38 AM4/15/16
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Hi Michael,

For the moment, we used the steps at


to setup 


with a SSL.  Here are the details on the certificate

Inline image 1


We'll be updating the 1.0 install docs shortly with the steps.


Regards,... Fred


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Michael

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Apr 15, 2016, 7:05:29 AM4/15/16
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Thank you very much!


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er...@utmail.net

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Jul 18, 2016, 3:52:48 PM7/18/16
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Quick question:
Is    ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhp-2048.pem; supposed to stay the same? Not using the same path as the others?

Calvin Walton

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Jul 21, 2016, 2:23:48 PM7/21/16
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On Mon, 2016-07-18 at 12:52 -0700, er...@utmail.net wrote:
> Quick question:
> Is    ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhp-2048.pem; supposed to stay the
> same? 
> Not using the same path as the others?

Yes. Only change the two lines that I explicitly mentioned.

Calvin.
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