https://indiependente.dev/tags/letsencrypt/ Recent content in Letsencrypt on Francesco Farina Hugo -- 0.145.0 en Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:48:02 +0100 https://indiependente.dev/posts/2024/09/free-ssl-certificates-for-your-homelab-with-duckdns-and-dns-01/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:57:11 +0000 https://indiependente.dev/posts/2024/09/free-ssl-certificates-for-your-homelab-with-duckdns-and-dns-01/ <p><img alt="Immich login page" loading="lazy" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/indiependente/image/upload/indiependente.dev/homelab/immich-login.png"></p> <p>If you like me have been wondering on how to have nice links in your homelab without having to pay for a domain and a certificate, this post is for you.</p> <p>Especially if you want to use a subdomain of a free domain like DuckDNS, you can get a free SSL certificate from Let&rsquo;s Encrypt using the DNS-01 challenge.</p> <h2 id="dns-01-challenge">DNS-01 challenge</h2> <p>The DNS-01 challenge is a way to prove that you own a domain by adding a specific DNS record. This is the most secure way to get a certificate as it doesn&rsquo;t require any server to be reachable from the internet.</p>