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Let's Encrypt on pfSense
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Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open :abbr:`CA (Certification Authority)`, run for the public’s benefit. |br|
It is a service provided by the :abbr:`ISRG (Internet Security Research Group)`. |br|
They give people to obtain digital certificats they need to enable HTTPS /SSL/TLS) fo websites.
Tis is for free and in a standard and open source protocol name :abbr:`ACME(Automatic Certificate Management Environment )`.

Installation Basics
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On |pfsense| we need to install the **Acme** package. |br|
Go to **System** |rarrow| **Package Manager** |rarrow| **Available Packages** and install the ``acme`` package.