Using the Let's Encrypt client

Prerequisites

The demo code is supported and known to work on Ubuntu and Debian. Therefore, prerequisites for other platforms listed below are provided mainly for the developers <hacking> reference.

In general:

swig is required for compiling m2crypto
augeas is required for the python-augeas bindings

Ubuntu

./bootstrap/ubuntu.sh

Debian

./bootstrap/debian.sh

For squezze you will need to:

Run apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends sudo as root (sudo is not installed by default) before running the bootstrap script.
Use virtualenv --no-site-packages -p python instead of -p python2.
Use text mode sudo ./venv/bin/letsencrypt --text (#280)

Mac OSX

./bootstrap/mac.sh

Installation

virtualenv --no-site-packages -p python2 venv
./venv/bin/python setup.py install
sudo ./venv/bin/letsencrypt

Usage

The letsencrypt commandline tool has a builtin help:

./venv/bin/letsencrypt --help

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