From deab18a3231ffcf0119789849aa9899689846a52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Roesler Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:17:38 -0800 Subject: fixed #5, added note in readme about official client capabilities --- README.md | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8090811..ada1ca0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ python https server that you can inspect for yourself before you run it. * Revocation script * [How to use the revocation script](#how-to-use-the-revocation-script) * [Example use of the revocation script](#example-use-of-the-revocation-script) +* [Alternative: Official Let's Encrypt Client](#alternative--official-let-s-encrypt-client) * [Feedback/Contributing](#feedbackcontributing) ##Donate @@ -397,6 +398,19 @@ user@hostname:~$ user@hostname:~$ openssl dgst -sha256 -sign user.key -out revoke_Z5Qxj3.sig revoke_TKSK9w.json ``` +##Alternative: Official Let's Encrypt Client + +After I released this script, Let's Encrypt added a manual authenticator to +allow the Let's Encrypt client to not have to be run on your server. Hooray! +However, the Let's Encrypt client still has access to your user account private +keys, so please be aware of that. Anyway, check out the comment on issue +[#5](https://github.com/diafygi/letsencrypt-nosudo/issues/5#issuecomment-117283651) +to see how to use the manual authenticator in the official Let's Encrypt client. + +``` +./letsencrypt-auto --email diafygi@gmail.com --text --authenticator manual --work-dir /tmp/work/ --config-dir /tmp/config/ --logs-dir /tmp/logs/ auth --cert-path /tmp/certs/ --chain-path /tmp/chains/ --csr ~/Desktop/domain.csr +``` + ##Feedback/Contributing I'd love to receive feedback, issues, and pull requests to make this script @@ -404,7 +418,7 @@ better. The script itself, `sign_csr.py`, is less than 500 lines of code, so feel free to read through it! I tried to comment things well and make it crystal clear what it's doing. -For example, it currently can't do any ACME challenges besides SimpleHTTP. Maybe +For example, it currently can't do any ACME challenges besides 'http-01'. Maybe someone could do a pull request to add more challenge compatibility? -- cgit v1.2.3