Panel:


Charles Max Wood
Joe Eames


Special Guests: AJ O'Neal

In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to AJ O'Neal about Greenlock and LetsEncrypt. LetsEncrypt is a brand name and is the first of its kind in automated SSL and Greenlock does what Certbot does in a more simplified form. They talk about what led him to create Greenlock, compare Greenlock to Certbot, and what it’s like to use Greenlock. They also touch on Greenlock-express, how they make Greenlock better, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:


Greenlock and LetsEncrypt overview
LetsEncrypt is free to get your certificate
Why Charles uses LetsEncrypt
Wildcard domains
Certbot
Why he originally created Greenlock
Working towards home servers
Wanted to get HTTP on small devices
Manages a certificate directory
Greenlock VS Certbot
Greenlock can work stand alone
The best use case for Greenlock
Excited about how people are using his tool
What is it like to use Greenlock?
Working on a desktop client
Greenlock-express
Acme servers
CAA record
Making Greenlock better by knowing how people are using it
Using Greenlock-express
Let's Encrypt v2 Step by Step by AJ
And much, much more!


Links:


LetsEncrypt
Greenlock
Certbot
Greenlock-express
Acme servers
Let's Encrypt v2 Step by Step by AJ
@coolaj86
coolaj86.com
AJ’s Git
Greenlock.js Screencast Series
Greenlock.js Patreon


Sponsors


Kendo UI
Sentry
Digital Ocean


Picks:

Charles


Take some time off


AJ


OverClocked Records