AlmaLinux 8 and Nginx – Adding a Free SSL Certificate to your website with Lets Encrypt and Certbot

• Step 1 – Install snapd:

[root@webserver ~]# dnf install snapd

• Step 2 – Enable and start the snapd daemon

[user@webserver ~]# sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
[user@webserver ~]# sudo systemctl start --now snapd.socket

• Step 3 – Enable classic snap support

[user@webserver ~]# sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

• Step 4 – Install Certbot

[user@webserver ~]# sudo snap install --classic certbot 

• Step 5 – Prepare the Certbot command

[user@webserver ~]# sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot/usr/bin/certbot

• Step 6 – Get and install SSL certificates

[user@webserver ~]# sudo certbot --nginx

• Congratulations! Once you choose your domains during the above install and refresh your page SSL should be active. This should get automatically renewed unless you change your configuration.