In 2017, we wrote an article on migrating to Let’s Encrypt from StarSSL and also you’ll see a number of articles written on Let’s Encrypt issues and solutions. Here again, we are writing how to Install the Certbot package which is a script that automatically requests certificates from LetsEncrypt. In this article, we shall show you how to install Certbot on CentOS Stream 8. By the by, when I tried to install on CentOS Stream 8, encountered the below error:
# dnf install certbot Last metadata expiration check: 3:18:07 ago on Fri 11 Feb 2022 07:32:13 AM IST. No match for argument: certbot Error: Unable to find a match: certbot
How to Install Certbot on CentOS Stream 8
The Certbotpackage is not available through the package manager by default. You will need to enable the EPEL repo to install Certbot.
How to add EPEL repository to CentOS Stream 8
# dnf install epel-release -y Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:53 ago on Fri 11 Feb 2022 10:53:21 AM IST. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Installing: epel-release noarch 8-11.el8 extras 24 k Installing weak dependencies: epel-next-release noarch 8-11.el8 extras 11 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Install 2 Packages Total download size: 35 k Installed size: 38 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/2): epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch.rpm 2.2 kB/s | 11 kB 00:05 (2/2): epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch.rpm 4.6 kB/s | 24 kB 00:05 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3.3 kB/s | 35 kB 00:10 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 1/2 Installing : epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2 Running scriptlet: epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2 Verifying : epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch 1/2 Verifying : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2 Installed: epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch Complete!
Now you have added the EPEL repo, go on to install certbot.
# dnf install certbot -y Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - Next - x86_64 9.6 kB/s | 159 kB 00:16 Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Installing: certbot noarch 1.22.0-1.el8 epel 54 k Installing dependencies: python3-acme noarch 1.22.0-1.el8 epel 96 k python3-certbot noarch 1.22.0-1.el8 epel 426 k python3-configargparse noarch 0.14.0-6.el8 epel 36 k python3-distro noarch 1.4.0-2.module_el8.5.0+761+faacb0fb appstream 37 k python3-josepy noarch 1.9.0-1.el8 epel 103 k python3-parsedatetime noarch 2.5-1.el8 epel 79 k python3-pip noarch 9.0.3-22.el8 appstream 20 k python3-pyOpenSSL noarch 19.0.0-1.el8 appstream 103 k python3-pyrfc3339 noarch 1.1-1.el8 epel 19 k python3-requests-toolbelt noarch 0.9.1-4.el8 epel 91 k python3-setuptools noarch 39.2.0-6.el8 baseos 163 k python3-zope-component noarch 4.3.0-8.el8 epel 313 k python3-zope-event noarch 4.2.0-12.el8 epel 210 k python3-zope-interface x86_64 4.6.0-1.el8 epel 158 k python36 x86_64 3.6.8-38.module_el8.5.0+895+a459eca8 appstream 19 k Installing weak dependencies: python-josepy-doc noarch 1.9.0-1.el8 epel 23 k Enabling module streams: python36 3.6
That’s It! Now you can run certbot to obtain the certificates from Let’s Encrypt.
