What is the difference between v-add-letsencrypt-domain and v-add-letsencrypt-host?

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Hi everyone,

I am installing a site manually via CLI, and I have three question regarding v-add-letsencrypt-domain.

  1. What is the difference between v-add-letsencrypt-domain and v-add-letsencrypt-host?
  2. What is [MAIL] that I see in the parameters?
  3. Once I install the SSL certificate using v-add-letsencrypt-domain, do I have to run the command to add the cronjob check for the SSL renewal, or is that automatic?

Regards,
Ade

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v-add-letsencrypt-domain does for any domains

v-add-letsencrypt-host call v-add-letsencrypt-domain and update some other certificates for Hestia it self

Generate SSL for mail.domain.com and webmail.com.com

Cronjob is created by default

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So if I use

v-add-letsencrypt-host mydomainname.com www.mydomainname.com

a SSL certificate will be issued for mydomainname.com, www.mydomainname.com, mail.mydomainname.com and webmail.mydomainname.com ?

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No, v-add-letsencrypt-host doesn’t accept arguments, it will only issue a certificate for your hostname.

If you want to issue a certificate for web domain mydomainname.com,www.mydomainname.com and also the certificate for mail domain mail.mydomainname.com,webmail.mydomainname.com you should use these commands:

v-add-letsencrypt-domain YourUser mydomainname.com www.mydomainname.com
v-add-letsencrypt-domain YourUser mydomainname.com '' yes
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Thank you!

:smile: but I’m sorry, what do we mean for hostname, since the HestaCP is full of hostnames?

Anyway I’ll use v-add-letsencrypt-domain then :+1: , no need to manually add the cron if I got this right

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The server’s name: hostname -f

Cron job is already added, you don’t need neither to add it manually nor remove it.

v-list-cron-jobs admin | grep ssl
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Awesome, thank you!

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