Configuring letsencrypt certificate

Introduction

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. It is a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). This tutorial provides you how to configure letsencrypt certificate to use in Telcobridges equipment's.

Prerequisites

Make sure HTTPS is enabled for the HTTP default service at port 12358.

Configuration Procedure

Note that the below procedure will survive a toolpack upgrade without breaking HTTPS.

1. Install certbot and python3

 # Install python3 with virtual environment.
sudo yum -y install python3
sudo python3 -m venv /opt/pycertbot/
sudo /opt/pycertbot/bin/pip install --upgrade pip

# Install required dependency
sudo /opt/pycertbot/bin/pip install pyOpenSSL==23.1.1

# Install certbot from pip
sudo /opt/pycertbot/bin/pip install certbot certbot
sudo ln -s /opt/pycertbot/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot