JSJ 327: "Greenlock and LetsEncrypt" with AJ O'Neal
JavaScript Jabber - A podcast by AJ ONeal, Charles Max Wood, Aimee Knight, Dan Shappir, Steve Edwards, Christopher Buecheler, Dave Smith, JC Hiatt, Chris Ferdinandi, Steve Emmerich, Joe Eames, Aaron Frost, Tim Caswell, Cory House, Christian Liebel, Ward Bell, Tracy Lee, Jamison D... - Tuesdays
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Panel:
- Charles Max Wood
- Joe Eames
Special Guests: AJ O'Neal
In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to AJ O'Neal about Greenlock and LetsEncrypt. LetsEncrypt is a brand name and is the first of its kind in automated SSL and Greenlock does what Certbot does in a more simplified form. They talk about what led him to create Greenlock, compare Greenlock to Certbot, and what it’s like to use Greenlock. They also touch on Greenlock-express, how they make Greenlock better, and more!
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
- Greenlock and LetsEncrypt overview
- LetsEncrypt is free to get your certificate
- Why Charles uses LetsEncrypt
- Wildcard domains
- Certbot
- Why he originally created Greenlock
- Working towards home servers
- Wanted to get HTTP on small devices
- Manages a certificate directory
- Greenlock VS Certbot
- Greenlock can work stand alone
- The best use case for Greenlock
- Excited about how people are using his tool
- What is it like to use Greenlock?
- Working on a desktop client
- Greenlock-express
- Acme servers
- CAA record
- Making Greenlock better by knowing how people are using it
- Using Greenlock-express
- Let's Encrypt v2 Step by Step by AJ
- And much, much more!
Links:
- LetsEncrypt
- Greenlock
- Certbot
- Greenlock-express
- Acme servers
- Let's Encrypt v2 Step by Step by AJ
- @coolaj86
- coolaj86.com
- AJ’s Git
- Greenlock.js Screencast Series
- Greenlock.js Patreon
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