Using Let's Encrypt to acquire your SSL certificate

In Chapter 4, Working with Certificates, and in the previous two recipes in this chapter, we've put a lot of time and effort into understanding, discussing, and implementing SSL certificates. You could be forgiven for thinking that SSL is more trouble than it's worth. However, the web browsers and search engines that govern how we design our websites are all putting more and more emphasis on HTTPS, which means that, at some stage, you are going to have to deal with these headaches.

Thankfully, you're not the only one who thinks the entire process is too difficult. That's where a non-profit organization called Let's Encrypt stepped in. They offer free SSL certificates that you can renew easily and automatically. There's no time delay as you wait for the administrator of your domain to approve the certificate via the WHOIS records or find out who has access to the admin@ email address at your company...