diff --git a/docs/using.rst b/docs/using.rst index 1d9dc0c32..f56583a5f 100644 --- a/docs/using.rst +++ b/docs/using.rst @@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ Getting Certbot =============== To get specific instructions for installing Certbot on your OS, -visit certbot.eff.org_. This is the easiest way to install Certbot. +visit certbot.eff.org_. This is the easiest way to learn how to get +Certbot up and running on your system. -If you're offline, or if your webserver or OS are not in the menu, you can find some general +If you're offline, you can find some general instructions `in the README / Introduction `__ __ installation_ @@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ certificate. However, this mode of operation is unable to install certificates or configure your webserver, because our installer plugins cannot reach your webserver from inside the Docker container. -Most users should use the operating system packages (available from +Most users should use the operating system packages (see instructions at certbot.eff.org_) or, as a fallback, ``certbot-auto``. You should only use Docker if you are sure you know what you are doing and have a good reason to do so. @@ -420,12 +421,12 @@ to, `install Docker`_, then issue the following command: sudo docker run -it --rm -p 443:443 -p 80:80 --name certbot \ -v "/etc/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt" \ -v "/var/lib/letsencrypt:/var/lib/letsencrypt" \ - quay.io/letsencrypt/letsencrypt:latest auth + quay.io/letsencrypt/letsencrypt:latest certonly Certbot will obtain a certificate and place it in the directory -``/etc/letsencrypt/live`` on your system and display further instructions -for installing the certificates. You must use the ``auth`` command -to install the certificates instead of plug-ins for this method. +``/etc/letsencrypt/live`` on your system. +You must use the ``certonly`` command +to install the certificate. For more information about the layout of the ``/etc/letsencrypt`` directory, see :ref:`where-certs`.