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  • use Ubuntu 14.04 (check with lsb_release -a)
  • set up VPS like this
  • set up Nginx - (tutorial) - if you use Digital ocean, there are also many preconfigured images available that already have Nginx configured, e.g., I used the Django+PostgreSQL image, which has Nginx configured as reverse proxy in front of Gunicorn
  • further setup (optional, I actually didn't do this)
  • lets encrypt setup
  • make backup of /etc/letsencrypt
  • the current certificate, private key etc then are in /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain_name
  • for auto renewal: when using Nginx as a reverse proxy, i.e. when you do not have a traditional static web root, do not use additional nginx configuration from DO letsencrypt tutorial, but this one
  • later on, there will be an nginx plugin for auto renewal (it is not stable yet). Therefore we use the webroot plugin for auto renewal (as described in the tutorial).
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