11Jul 2022 by Ajayvignesh MV No Comments

Renewing Bitnami’s Let’sEncrypt SSL Certificate

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I use Bitnami wordpress and it comes with built in Let'sEncrypt SSL option for secured website. Previously I used to install this Let'sEncrypt independently, but in past few years this free SSL certificate comes preinstalled in Bitnami image. Recently, the certificate got expired and I found this thread with simple steps below to renew it Step 1: Stop the running script Run below command to stop the running script. sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop I couldn't find the ./opt/ folder, so I went inside ./stack/ctlscript.sh Step 2: Update the certificate Run the below script with correct EMAIL-ADDRSS and DOMAIN (xyz.com) to which you need the certificate. sudo /opt/bitnami/letsencrypt/lego --tls --email="EMAIL-ADDRESS" --domains="DOMAIN" --path="/opt/bitnami/letsencrypt" renew --days 90 Step 3: Restart the script Finally start the server with the command below. sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start
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19Apr 2021 by Ajayvignesh MV No Comments

How did I migrate WordPress & Added SSL to this site?

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When my Let's Encrypt SSL gone up and the website become unsecure, the nightmare started. Easily the web traffics go low due to Chrome browser stops the visitors to avoid entering unsecured sites. I couldn't renew my SSL as well due to older version of Bitnami Stack that I had and eventually I had to migrate whole stuffs to get it fixed . So How did I migrate the whole WP to newer Bitnami stack and fixed the SSL issue? What has happened? Though I had words with Bitnami community team, it wasn't much fruitful. Later I understood that Bitnami stack that I had was older version and so the Bitnami's own Certification tool bncert-tool were not working. Configuring the Let's encrypt the old way yet not worked and thrown…
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