HTTP Challenge

The HTTP-01 challenge is the simplest way to validate domain ownership. Let's Encrypt makes an HTTP request to http://<your-domain>/.well-known/acme-challenge/<token> and checks for a specific response.

Requirements

• The web server must be accessible on port 80
• The domain must resolve to your server's IP address
• No firewall blocking port 80

Process

1. Prepare: Stop any other service using port 80. Set port: 80 in config.yml and restart the web server.

2. Start the challenge:

   /zyveraweb acme start example.com http
   

3. Accept ToS:

   /zyveraweb acme tos
   

4. Automatic validation:

   • The plugin creates a challenge file at <webroot>/.well-known/acme-challenge/<token>
   • Let's Encrypt fetches the file and validates it
   • The file is automatically deleted after validation
   • The certificate is issued and saved to ssl/<domain>/

5. Enable HTTPS:

   • Add an ssl: block to the site config in config.yml
   • Optionally change the port back from 80 to your preferred HTTPS port
   • Run /zyveraweb server restart

Verification

curl http://example.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/test

Troubleshooting