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Install Certbot Debian 11 without Snap package manager

Certbot is a popular open-source tool. It helps simplify the process of getting and renewing SSL/TLS certificates from the Let’s Encrypt certificate authority.

By default, Certbot is installed via the Snap package manager. However, there are alternative options if we want to use Certbot on Debian 11 without Snap.

Let’s take a look at some of these alternatives:

1. First, we have to add the Certbot Repository to our system as seen below:

   sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
2. Then, it is time to install Certbot using the package manager:

   sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install certbot python3-certbot-apache

   Here, the python3-certbot-apache package installs Certbot with the Apache plugin. This helps us automatically configure Apache to use the obtained SSL certificates.
3. After Certbo is installed, we can use it to obtain and manage SSL certificates.For example:

   sudo certbot --apache

   This command guides us in choosing the domain we want to obtain a certificate for and configuring Apache to use the certificate.
4. Furthermore, depending on our setup, we can use Certbot with other web servers or standalone mode.

We can also verify the automatic renewal process is in place as seen below:

sudo certbot renew --dry-run

The –dry-run flag lets us test the renewal process without actually renewing the certificates.
With the above steps, we saw how to install Certbot on Debian 11 without using Snap. This method uses the official Certbot repository for Debian systems and allows us to manage SSL certificates for our domains with a traditional package-based approach.

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Conclusion

Today, our Support Techs demonstrated how to install Certbot Debian 11 without the Snap package manager.