Tales from the Let's Encrypt

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1. TALES FROM LET’S ENCRYPT BETH HAUBERT LET’S EN BETH HAUBERT

   PRESENTS

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS ‣ SSL OVERVIEW ‣ HOW TO GET

   A CERTIFICATE ‣ LET’S ENCRYPT!

3. SECURE SOCKETS LAYER (SSL)

4. SSL OVERVIEW • So that customers trust that a site

   is secure and that their information won’t get stolen in transit from their browser to the server. • The need for encryption is becoming the rule, not the exception as web interaction become more complex. WHY DO YOU WANT SSL?

5. SSL OVERVIEW • A layer of encryption is added between

   the client and the server. • This encryption uses private/ public keys and certificates that contain important info about the organization that owns the site. • A trusted third party (like Digicert or Verisign) validates the identity of the certificate and server. HOW SSL WORKS

6. SSL OVERVIEW • A text file with encrypted data that

   you install on your server WHAT IS AN SSL CERTIFICATE

7. HOW TO GET A CERTIFICATE

8. HOW TO GET A CERTIFICATE • Fill out a CSR

   (certificate signing request) • Send it to a certificate authority (CA) • If you’ve submitted the correct info, the CA will validate your domain and other info • Receive and install the issued certificate GET THAT CERT!

9. LET’S ENCRYPT! (WHAT IS IT?)

10. LET’S ENCRYPT • Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA)

    • It’s free, which is awesome GET THAT CERT!

11. LET’S ENCRYPT • https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/ SO MANY CLIENTS

12. ADDING LET’S ENCRYPT TO A RAILS APP ON A HEROKU

    SERVER

13. LET’S ENCRYPT STEP 1: GET THE CLIENT RUNNING ▸ brew

    install certbot ▸ sudo certbot certonly --manual

14. LET’S ENCRYPT STEP 2: ▸ Follow the prompts until you

    see this:

15. LET’S ENCRYPT STEP 3: SET UP YOUR APP & VALIDATE

    URL ▸ Configure your new route ▸ Add a LETSENCRYPT key to your config file: ▸ heroku config:set LETSENCRYPT=(value) -r production ▸ Add a controller method

16. LET’S ENCRYPT STEP 4: ADD THE CERT TO YOUR HEROKU

    APP ▸ heroku addons:create ssl:endpoint -r production ▸ sudo heroku certs:update /etc/letsencrypt/live/ www.omeowha.com/fullchain.pem /etc/letsencrypt/live/ www.omeowha.com/privkey.pem -r production ▸ Edit your DNS using the new value.

17. https://letsencrypt.org/ getting-started/ http://collectiveidea.com/ blog/archives/2016/01/12/ lets-encrypt-with-a-rails- app-on-heroku/ https://opensource.com/ business/16/8/lets-encrypt