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certbot instructions
1. SSH into the server
SSH into the server running your HTTP website as a user with sudo privileges.
2. Install snapd
You'll need to install snapd and make sure you follow any instructions to enable classic snap support. Follow these instructions on snapcraft's site to install snapd.
3. Ensure that your version of snapd is up to date
Execute the following instructions on the command line on the machine to ensure that you have the latest version of snapd.
sudo snap install core; sudo snap refresh core
4. Remove certbot-auto and any Certbot OS packages
If you have any Certbot packages installed using an OS package manager like apt, dnf, or yum, you should remove them before installing the Certbot snap to ensure that when you run the command certbot the snap is used rather than the installation from your OS package manager. The exact command to do this depends on your OS, but common examples are sudo apt-get remove certbot, sudo dnf remove certbot, or sudo yum remove certbot.
If you previously used Certbot through the certbot-auto script, you should also remove its installation by following the instructions here.
5. Install Certbot
Run this command on the command line on the machine to install Certbot.
sudo snap install --classic certbot
6. Prepare the Certbot command
Execute the following instruction on the command line on the machine to ensure that the certbot command can be run.
sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot