From d05bdbd919d94f3f141290745d582a63b940627e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Abbott Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 08:19:41 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document letsencrypt in the SSL instructions. --- README.prod.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.prod.md b/README.prod.md index 6b561dac37..d87f08303c 100644 --- a/README.prod.md +++ b/README.prod.md @@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ These instructions should be followed as root. You will eventually want to get a properly signed certificate (and note that at present the Zulip desktop app doesn't support self-signed certificates), but this will let you finish the - installation process. + installation process. You can get a free properly signed + certificate from the new [Letsencrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) + service, by following their [nginx + instructions](https://letsencrypt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/using.html#nginx). When you do get an actual certificate, you will need to install as /etc/ssl/certs/zulip.combined-chain.crt the full certificate