sudo certbot certonly --standalone -d example.com

Category: Self-Hosting

sudo certbot certonly --standalone -d example.com

Get a certificate using Certbot's built-in web server (no Nginx/Apache needed) — stops any running

Gets a certificate without touching any running web server — Certbot briefly spins up its own server on port 80. Useful for custom server setups.
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