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| author | Navan Chauhan <navanchauhan@gmail.com> | 2021-05-26 23:59:17 +0530 |
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diff --git a/docs/posts/2020-11-17-Lets-Encrypt-DuckDns.html b/docs/posts/2020-11-17-Lets-Encrypt-DuckDns.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef6f2e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/posts/2020-11-17-Lets-Encrypt-DuckDns.html @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/main.css" /> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/sakura.css" /> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <title>Hey - Post</title> + +</head> +<body> + <nav style="display: block;"> +| +<a href="/">home</a> | +<a href="/about/">about/links</a> | +<a href="/posts/">posts</a> | +<a href="/publications/">publications</a> | +<a href="/repo/">iOS repo</a> | +<a href="/feed.rss">RSS Feed</a> | +</nav> + +<main> + <h1>Generating HTTPS Certificate using DNS a Challenge through Let's Encrypt</h1> + +<p>I have a Raspberry-Pi running a Flask app through Gunicorn (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS). I am exposing it to the internet using DuckDNS.</p> + +<h2>Dependencies</h2> + +<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code>sudo apt update <span class="o">&&</span> sudo apt install certbot -y +</code></pre></div> + +<h2>Get the Certificate</h2> + +<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code>sudo certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges dns-01 --email senpai@email.com -d mydomain.duckdns.org +</code></pre></div> + +<p>After you accept that you are okay with you IP address being logged, it will prompt you with updating your dns record. You need to create a new <code>TXT</code> record in the DNS settings for your domain.</p> + +<p>For DuckDNS users it is as simple as entering this URL in their browser:</p> + +<pre><code>http://duckdns.org/update?domains=mydomain&token=duckdnstoken&txt=certbotdnstxt +</code></pre> + +<p>Where <code>mydomain</code> is your DuckDNS domain, <code>duckdnstoken</code> is your DuckDNS Token ( Found on the dashboard when you login) and <code>certbotdnstxt</code> is the TXT record value given by the prompt.</p> + +<p>You can check if the TXT records have been updated by using the <code>dig</code> command:</p> + +<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code>dig navanspi.duckdns.org TXT +<span class="p">;</span> <<>> DiG <span class="m">9</span>.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> navanspi.duckdns.org TXT +<span class="p">;;</span> global options: +cmd +<span class="p">;;</span> Got answer: +<span class="p">;;</span> ->>HEADER<span class="s"><<- opco</span>de: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: <span class="m">27592</span> +<span class="p">;;</span> flags: qr rd ra<span class="p">;</span> QUERY: <span class="m">1</span>, ANSWER: <span class="m">1</span>, AUTHORITY: <span class="m">0</span>, ADDITIONAL: <span class="m">1</span> + +<span class="p">;;</span> OPT PSEUDOSECTION: +<span class="p">;</span> EDNS: version: <span class="m">0</span>, flags:<span class="p">;</span> udp: <span class="m">65494</span> +<span class="p">;;</span> QUESTION SECTION: +<span class="p">;</span>navanspi.duckdns.org. IN TXT + +<span class="p">;;</span> ANSWER SECTION: +navanspi.duckdns.org. <span class="m">60</span> IN TXT <span class="s2">"4OKbijIJmc82Yv2NiGVm1RmaBHSCZ_230qNtj9YA-qk"</span> + +<span class="p">;;</span> Query time: <span class="m">275</span> msec +<span class="p">;;</span> SERVER: <span class="m">127</span>.0.0.53#53<span class="o">(</span><span class="m">127</span>.0.0.53<span class="o">)</span> +<span class="p">;;</span> WHEN: Tue Nov <span class="m">17</span> <span class="m">15</span>:23:15 IST <span class="m">2020</span> +<span class="p">;;</span> MSG SIZE rcvd: <span class="m">105</span> +</code></pre></div> + +<p>DuckDNS almost instantly propagates the changes but for other domain hosts, it could take a while. </p> + +<p>Once you can ensure that the TXT record changes has been successfully applied and is visible through the <code>dig</code> command, press enter on the Certbot prompt and your certificate should be generated.</p> + +<h2>Renewing</h2> + +<p>As we manually generated the certificate <code>certbot renew</code> will fail, to renew the certificate you need to simply re-generate the certificate using the above steps.</p> + +<h2>Using the Certificate with Gunicorn</h2> + +<p>Example Gunicorn command for running a web-app:</p> + +<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code>gunicorn api:app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -b <span class="m">0</span>.0.0.0:7589 +</code></pre></div> + +<p>To use the certificate with it, simply copy the <code>cert.pem</code> and <code>privkey.pem</code> to your working directory ( change the appropriate permissions ) and include them in the command</p> + +<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code>gunicorn api:app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -b <span class="m">0</span>.0.0.0:7589 --certfile<span class="o">=</span>cert.pem --keyfile<span class="o">=</span>privkey.pem +</code></pre></div> + +<p>Caveats with copying the certificate: If you renew the certificate you will have to re-copy the files</p> + +</main> + + +<script src="assets/manup.min.js"></script> +<script src="/pwabuilder-sw-register.js"></script> +</body> +</html>
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