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How to use Let's Encrypt with Node.js and Express

24 July 2018, Tamás Sallai
Unlike Apache and Nginx, Let’s Encrypt has no way of autoconfiguring your Node.js app, as it can work in arbitrary ways, while the former two usually follow a predefined (and machine readable) configuration.
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Using Let's Encrypt with Supervisor

10 July 2018, Tamás Sallai
Let’s Encrypt works great with Supervisor, as it provides easy orchestration and some basic scheduling that the certificate management requires. Configuring it is also not rocket science; just identify the environment your app is running in, and choose a suitable workflow. This can even be done with minimal changes to your app, and in a Docker-friendly way.
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Supervisor with Docker: Lessons learned

03 July 2018, Tamás Sallai
Docker is a great way to componentize an app along different aspects. But I found that when I still need to start multiple programs in a single container, it is better to use supervisor instead of cron scripts.
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Let's Encrypt hooks use cases

26 June 2018, Tamás Sallai
Hooks are the main elements of adapting certbot to your particular use case. I found a few application setups that depending on whether you can support authorizations while your app is running or not, there are different kind of hooks you should use.
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