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-moved the tests to the examples folder
-
-```bash
-node examples/commandline.js example.com,www.example.com user@example.com agree
-```
-
-Try it for yourself.
-
-Go watch [Let's Encrypt in (exactly) 90 seconds](https://daplie.com/articles/lets-encrypt-in-literally-90-seconds/) and swap out the Caddy instructions with the node instructions.
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-hello
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-'use strict';
-
-var path = require('path');
-
-module.exports = {
-  server: "https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory"
-, tlsSni01Port: 5001
-, http01Port: 80
-, webrootPath: path.join(__dirname, "acme-challenge")
-, configDir: path.join(__dirname, "letsencrypt.config")
-, workDir: path.join(__dirname, "letsencrypt.work")
-, logsDir: path.join(__dirname, "letsencrypt.logs")
-, allowedDomains: ['example.com']
-};
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