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1. SSL Certificate Acquisition ( Let's Encrypt )
Install the latest open ssl
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# dnf install openssl-devel |
1.1 advance preparation
1.Package management system Snappy installation
Since the SSL certificate issuing tool "certbot" of Let's Encrypt is recommended to be installed using "snap" after 2021, install Snapd first.(Can also be installed the traditional way with dnf or yum)
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# dnf install epel-release # dnf upgrade # dnf install snapd |
Enable systemd unit to manage the main snap communication socket
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# systemctl enable --now snapd.socket Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/snapd.socket → /usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.socket. |
Enable Classics Snap support
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# ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap |
Version Confirmation
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# snap --version snap 2.66.1-0.el9 snapd 2.66.1-0.el9 series 16 ol 9.5 kernel 5.15.0-302.167.6.1.el9uek.x86_64 |
Log out and log in again or reboot the system to ensure that the snap path is updated correctly
2.certbot package installation
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# snap install --classic certbot certbot 3.0.1 from Certbot Project (certbot-eff✓) installed |
Create symbolic link to /snap/bin/certbot
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# ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot |
Confirmation
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# ls -la /usr/bin/certbot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 30 12:29 /usr/bin/certbot -> /snap/bin/certbot # ls -la /snap/bin/certbot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 30 12:29 /snap/bin/certbot -> /usr/bin/snap |
1.2 Obtaining Certificates
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# certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html/[FQDN] -d [FQDN] |
Registration of e-mail address and agreement to terms of use are required for the first time only.
Specify an email address to receive
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Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log Enter email address (used for urgent renewal and security notices) (Enter 'c' to cancel): [mail address] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Please read the Terms of Service at https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.3-September-21-2022.pdf. You must agree in order to register with the ACME server. Do you agree? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Y)es/(N)o: y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Would you be willing, once your first certificate is successfully issued, to share your email address with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a founding partner of the Let's Encrypt project and the non-profit organization that develops Certbot? We'd like to send you email about our work encrypting the web, EFF news, campaigns, and ways to support digital freedom. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Y)es/(N)o: y Account registered. Requesting a certificate for [FQDN] Successfully received certificate. Certificate is saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/[FQDN]/fullchain.pem Key is saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/[FQDN]/privkey.pem This certificate expires on 2025-02-28. These files will be updated when the certificate renews. Certbot has set up a scheduled task to automatically renew this certificate in the background. We were unable to subscribe you the EFF mailing list because your e-mail address appears to be invalid. You can try again later by visiting https://act.eff.org. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you like Certbot, please consider supporting our work by: * Donating to ISRG / Let's Encrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/donate * Donating to EFF: https://eff.org/donate-le - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
The following certificate is obtained under [/etc/letsencrypt/live/[FQDN]/] as described in the message
cert.pem ⇒ SSL server certificate (including public key)
chain.pem ⇒ intermediate certificate
fullchain.pem ⇒ File containing cert.pem and chain.pem combined
privkey.pem ⇒ private key for a public key
※ Obtaining a Let's Encrypt certificate when the web server is not running
It is a prerequisite that the server on which the work is to be performed is accessible from the Internet at port 80.
Use the simple Web server function by specifying [--standalone].
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# certbot certonly --standalone -d [FQDN] |
Renewing certificates already obtained
# Renew all certificates with an expiration date of less than 30 days
# If you want to renew regardless of the number of days remaining on the expiration date, specify [--force-renewal] as well
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# certbot [--force-renewal] renew |
1.2 Automatic renewal of certificates (Let's Encrypt)
①Pre-registration testing
First, test the automatic update using the following --dry-run option.
With this option, certificates are not renewed, only checked, so there is no need to worry about getting stuck with a limit on the number of times a certificate can be obtained.
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# certbot renew --dry-run |
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Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/[FQDN].conf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Account registered. Simulating renewal of an existing certificate for [FQDN] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Congratulations, all simulated renewals succeeded: /etc/letsencrypt/live/[FQDN]/fullchain.pem (success) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
②When you install the snap version of certbot, the automatic certificate renewal function is also installed.
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# systemctl list-timers | less NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Sat 2024-11-30 12:40:00 JST 4min 35s left Sat 2024-11-30 12:30:02 JST 5min ago sysstat-collect.timer sysstat-collect.service Sat 2024-11-30 12:55:00 JST 19min left Sat 2024-11-30 12:25:02 JST 10min ago pmlogger_check.timer pmlogger_check.service Sat 2024-11-30 12:55:10 JST 19min left Sat 2024-11-30 12:25:13 JST 10min ago pmlogger_farm_check.timer pmlogger_farm_check.service Sat 2024-11-30 12:58:00 JST 22min left Sat 2024-11-30 12:28:02 JST 7min ago pmie_check.timer pmie_check.service Sat 2024-11-30 12:58:10 JST 22min left Sat 2024-11-30 12:28:12 JST 7min ago pmie_farm_check.timer pmie_farm_check.service Sat 2024-11-30 14:00:19 JST 1h 24min left Sat 2024-11-30 12:29:13 JST 6min ago dnf-makecache.timer dnf-makecache.service Sat 2024-11-30 23:09:00 JST 10h left - - snap.certbot.renew.timer snap.certbot.renew.service Sun 2024-12-01 00:00:00 JST 11h left Sat 2024-11-30 08:52:11 JST 3h 43min ago logrotate.timer logrotate.service Sun 2024-12-01 00:00:00 JST 11h left Sat 2024-11-30 08:52:11 JST 3h 43min ago mlocate-updatedb.timer mlocate-updatedb.service Sun 2024-12-01 00:00:00 JST 11h left - - sa-update.timer sa-update.service Sun 2024-12-01 00:00:00 JST 11h left Sat 2024-11-30 08:52:11 JST 3h 43min ago unbound-anchor.timer unbound-anchor.service Sun 2024-12-01 00:07:00 JST 11h left - - sysstat-summary.timer sysstat-summary.service Sun 2024-12-01 00:08:00 JST 11h left Sat 2024-11-30 08:52:15 JST 3h 43min ago pmie_daily.timer pmie_daily.service Sun 2024-12-01 00:10:00 JST 11h left Sat 2024-11-30 08:52:16 JST 3h 43min ago pmlogger_daily.timer pmlogger_daily.service Sun 2024-12-01 09:07:08 JST 20h left Sat 2024-11-30 09:07:08 JST 3h 28min ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service 15 timers listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too. |
snap.certbot.renew.timer is registered
Check the unit file snap.certbot.renew.timer
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# vi /etc/systemd/system/snap.certbot.renew.timer [Unit] # Auto-generated, DO NOT EDIT Description=Timer renew for snap application certbot.renew Requires=var-lib-snapd-snap-certbot-4193.mount After=var-lib-snapd-snap-certbot-4193.mount X-Snappy=yes [Timer] Unit=snap.certbot.renew.service OnCalendar=*-*-* 00:05 OnCalendar=*-*-* 23:09 [Install] WantedBy=timers.target |
According to the above configuration, it will attempt to update at 00:05 and 23:09 every day as specified in the OnCalender parameter(However, the set time changes randomly with each update)
Check the unit file snap.certbot.renew.service
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# vi /etc/systemd/system/snap.certbot.renew.service [Unit] # Auto-generated, DO NOT EDIT Description=Service for snap application certbot.renew Requires=var-lib-snapd-snap-certbot-4193.mount Wants=network.target After=var-lib-snapd-snap-certbot-4193.mount network.target snapd.apparmor.service X-Snappy=yes [Service] EnvironmentFile=-/etc/environment ExecStart=/usr/bin/snap run --timer="00:00~24:00/2" certbot.renew SyslogIdentifier=certbot.renew Restart=no WorkingDirectory=/var/snap/certbot/4193 TimeoutStopSec=30 Type=oneshot |
However, the web server using the certificate will not be restarted, so set up a script that will run automatically after the update
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# vi /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/web_restart.sh Describe the following #!/bin/bash systemctl reload httpd |
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# chmod 755 /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/web_restart.sh |
2. Converting Apache to https
Install the following
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# dnf -y install mod_ssl |
2.1 Edit ssl.conf file
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# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf Line 43; Uncomment and change DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/[FQDN]" Line 44; Uncomment and change ServerName [FQDN]:443 Line 85; make it a comment and add below it # SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/[FQDN]/cert.pem Line 93; make a comment and add below it # SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/[FQDN]/privkey.pem Line 103; Add. SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/[FQDN]/chain.pem |
Restart Apache.
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# systemctl restart httpd |
Allow https in Firewall
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# firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent success # firewall-cmd --reload success |
2.2 Redirect HTTP communications to HTTPS
Create .htaccess under /var/www/html/[FQDN]/
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# vi /var/www/html/[FQDN]/.htaccess |
Contents of .htaccess
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RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] |
3. SSL/TLS (Let's Encrypt) settings on the mail server
3.1 Obtaining a certificate for the mail server
Obtain a certificate for the mail server, but it cannot be obtained in the same way as above, so the following with the "--standalone" option fails.
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# certbot certonly --standalone -d mail.[domain name] |
If I stop the web server once and then do it, it succeeds as follows
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# systemctl stop httpd.service # certbot certonly --standalone -d mail.[domain name] |
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Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log Requesting a certificate for mail.[domain name] Successfully received certificate. Certificate is saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[domain name]/fullchain.pem Key is saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[domain name]/privkey.pem This certificate expires on 2025-02-28. These files will be updated when the certificate renews. Certbot has set up a scheduled task to automatically renew this certificate in the background. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you like Certbot, please consider supporting our work by: * Donating to ISRG / Let's Encrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/donate * Donating to EFF: https://eff.org/donate-le - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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# systemctl restart httpd |
3.2 Postfix Configuration
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# vi /etc/postfix/main.cf Around lines 709 and 715: commenting #smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/certs/postfix.pem #smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/postfix.key Add to the last line smtpd_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_mandatory_protocols = !SSLv2, !SSLv3 smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols = !SSLv2, !SSLv3 smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[domain name]/fullchain.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[domain name]/privkey.pem smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache |
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# vi /etc/postfix/master.cf Line 17-20 : Uncomment submission inet n - n - - smtpd -o syslog_name=postfix/submission -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes Line 29-32 : Uncomment smtps inet n - n - - smtpd -o syslog_name=postfix/smtps -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes |
3.3 Dovecot Settings
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# vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf Line 8: Confirmation ssl = yes Lines 14 and 15: Comment and add certificate/key file designation below #ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem #ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[domain name]/fullchain.pem ssl_key = </etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[domain name]/privkey.pem |
Allow Port 587 in firewall
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# firewall-cmd --add-port=587/tcp --permanent # firewall-cmd --reload # systemctl restart postfix dovecot |
3.4 Thunderbird Settings
Receiving server
Port : 143
Connection security : STARTTLS
Authentication method : Normal password
Sending server
Port : 587
Connection security : STARTTLS
Authentication method : Normal password
