# getssl

Bash script that obtains and renews SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt ACME servers, copies them to remote servers and reloads services.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/getssl/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Listed since: 2026-10-29

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/srvrco/getssl
- docs: https://github.com/srvrco/getssl/wiki

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: serverco
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: unknown
- language: unknown
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: scheduled
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: manual download of the script (curl)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2233
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 98
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

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## Notes

getssl is a bash script that obtains SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt's ACME servers and renews them when they are due. It can run on the server that uses the certificate, on a desktop computer or on another machine, and it can copy the tokens and certificates to remote servers over ssh, sftp or ftp. After a new certificate is obtained, it can reload services such as Apache, nginx or Postfix.

The script is installed by downloading it, cloning the repository, running the Makefile from a release tarball, or installing an RPM or DEB package from a release. Arch Linux has AUR packages. The README describes running it from a daily cron job, which renews certificates when required.

## Worth knowing

The project has no website of its own. The README points to the [GitHub wiki](https://github.com/srvrco/getssl/wiki) for additional help pages.

The README says the script runs on Unix-like machines, including BSD, most Linux distributions and macOS.

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