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| **letsencrypt** (library)
| [letsencrypt-cli](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-cli)
| [letsencrypt-express](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-express)
| [letsencrypt-koa](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-koa)
| [letsencrypt-hapi](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-hapi)
|
letsencrypt
===========
Automatic [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org) HTTPS / TLS / SSL Certificates for node.js
* [Automatic HTTPS with ExpressJS](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-express)
* [Automatic live renewal](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-express#how-automatic)
* On-the-fly HTTPS certificates for Dynamic DNS (in-process, no server restart)
* Works with node cluster out of the box
* usable [via commandline](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-cli) as well
* Free SSL (HTTPS Certificates for TLS)
* [90-day certificates](https://letsencrypt.org/2015/11/09/why-90-days.html)
**See Also**
* [Let's Encrypt in (exactly) 90 seconds with Caddy](https://daplie.com/articles/lets-encrypt-in-literally-90-seconds/)
* [lego](https://github.com/xenolf/lego): Let's Encrypt for golang
STOP
====
**These aren't the droids you're looking for.**
This is a **low-level library** for implementing ACME / LetsEncrypt Clients, CLIs,
system tools, and abstracting storage backends (file vs db, etc).
This is not the thing to use in your webserver directly.
### Use [letsencrypt-express](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-express) if...
you are planning to use one of these:
* `express`
* `connect`
* raw `https`
* raw `spdy`
* `restify` (same as raw https)
* `hapi` See [letsencrypt-hapi](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-hapi)
* `koa` See [letsencrypt-koa](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-koa)
* `rill` (similar to koa example)
### Use [letsencrypt-cli](https://github.com/Daplie/letsencrypt-cli) if...
You are planning to use one of these:
* `bash`
* `fish`
* `zsh`
* `cmd.exe`
* `PowerShell`
CONTINUE
========
If you're sure you're at the right place, here's what you need to know now:
Install
-------
```bash
npm install --save letsencrypt@2.x
npm install --save le-store-certbot@2.x
npm install --save le-challenge-fs@2.x
```
Usage
-----
It's very simple and easy to use, but also very complete and easy to extend and customize.
### Overly Simplified Example
Against my better judgement I'm providing a terribly oversimplified exmaple
of how to use this library:
```javascript
var app = express();
var le = require('letsencrypt').create({ server: 'staging' });
app.use('/', le.middleware());
var reg = {
domains: ['example.com']
, email: 'user@email.com'
, agreeTos: true
};
le.register(reg, function (err, results) {
if (err) {
console.error(err.stack);
return;
}
console.log(results);
});
```
### Useful Example
The configuration consists of 3 components:
* Storage Backend (search npm for projects starting with 'le-store-')
* ACME Challenge Handlers (search npm for projects starting with 'le-challenge-')
* Letsencryt Config (this is all you)
```javascript
'use strict';
var LE = require('letsencrypt');
var le;
// Storage Backend
var leStore = require('le-store-certbot').create({
configDir: '~/letsencrypt/etc' // or /etc/letsencrypt or wherever
, debug: false
});
// ACME Challenge Handlers
var leChallenger = require('le-challenge-fs').create({
webrootPath: '~/letsencrypt/var/' // or template string such as
, debug: false // '/srv/www/:hostname/.well-known/acme-challenge'
});
function leAgree(opts, agreeCb) {
// opts = { email, domains, tosUrl }
agreeCb(null, opts.tosUrl);
}
le = LE.create({
server: LE.stagingServerUrl // or LE.productionServerUrl
, store: leStore // handles saving of config, accounts, and certificates
, challenger: leChallenger // handles /.well-known/acme-challege keys and tokens
, agreeToTerms: leAgree // hook to allow user to view and accept LE TOS
, debug: false
});
// If using express you should use the middleware
// app.use('/', le.middleware());
//
// Otherwise you should use the wrapped getChallenge:
// le.getChallenge(domain, key, val, done)
// Check in-memory cache of certificates for the named domain
le.exists({ domain: 'example.com' }).then(function (results) {
if (results) {
// we already have certificates
return;
}
// Register Certificate manually
le.register(
{ domains: ['example.com'] // CHANGE TO YOUR DOMAIN (list for SANS)
, email: 'user@email.com' // CHANGE TO YOUR EMAIL
, agreeTos: '' // set to tosUrl string to pre-approve (and skip agreeToTerms)
, rsaKeySize: 2048 // 1024 or 2048
, challengeType: 'http-01' // http-01, tls-sni-01, or dns-01
}
, function (err, results) {
if (err) {
// Note: you must either use le.middleware() with express,
// manually use le.getChallenge(domain, key, val, done)
// or have a webserver running and responding
// to /.well-known/acme-challenge at `webrootPath`
console.error('[Error]: node-letsencrypt/examples/standalone');
console.error(err.stack);
return;
}
console.log('success');
}
);
});
```
Here's what `results` looks like:
```javascript
{ privkey: '' // PEM encoded private key
, cert: '' // PEM encoded cert
, chain: '' // PEM encoded intermediate cert
, fullchain: '' // cert + chain
, issuedAt: 0 // notBefore date (in ms) parsed from cert
, expiresAt: 0 // notAfter date (in ms) parsed from cert
}
```
API
---
The full end-user API is exposed in the example above and includes all relevant options.
### Helper Functions
We do expose a few helper functions:
* LE.validDomain(hostname) // returns '' or the hostname string if it's a valid ascii or punycode domain name
TODO fetch domain tld list
Developer API
-------------
If you are developing an `le-store-*` or `le-challenge-*` plugin you need to be aware of
additional internal API expectations.
**IMPORTANT**:
Use `v2.0.0` as your initial version - NOT v0.1.0 and NOT v1.0.0 and NOT v3.0.0.
This is to indicate that your module is compatible with v2.x of node-letsencrypt.
Since the public API for your module is defined by node-letsencrypt the major version
should be kept in sync.
### store implementation
TODO double check and finish
* accounts
* accounts.byDomain
* accounts.all
* accounts.get
* accounts.exists
* certs
* certs.byDomain
* certs.all
* certs.get
* certs.exists
### challenge implementation
TODO finish
* setChallenge(opts, domain, key, value, done); // opts will be saved with domain/key
* getChallenge(domain, key, done); // opts will be retrieved by domain/key
* removeChallenge(domain, key, done); // opts will be retrieved by domain/key
Change History
==============
* v2.0.0 - Aug 5th 2016
* major refactor
* simplified API
* modular pluigns
* knock out bugs
* v1.5.0 now using letiny-core v2.0.0 and rsa-compat
* v1.4.x I can't remember... but it's better!
* v1.1.0 Added letiny-core, removed node-letsencrypt-python
* v1.0.2 Works with node-letsencrypt-python
* v1.0.0 Thar be dragons
LICENSE
=======
Dual-licensed MIT and Apache-2.0
See LICENSE