This package comes with some handy commands that can be run in a terminal session.
To list them you can use this command:
path/to/webroot/concrete/bin/concrete5 list le
Here's the current commands available:
Here's a sample session, where I created a Let's Encrypt account, authorized two domains and created a certificate for them:
$ concrete/bin/concrete5 le:account-new --toc MyAccountName my@email.address
Generating private key... done.
Account set as default one because it's the only one.
Retrieving the TOS url... done.
Registering account... done.
Saving account... done.
$ concrete/bin/concrete5 le:domain-authorize www.example.com intercept
Retrieving authorization conditions... done.
Persisting domain... done.
Triggering challenge... done.
Current authorization status: Pending authorization...
Sleeping for a while... woke up.
Fetching authorization status... done.
Current authorization status: Authorization succeeded!
Persisting domain... done.
Domain has been authorized.
Expiration date: Nov 14, 2016, 12:57:22 PM
Associated account: MyAccountName
$ concrete/bin/concrete5 le:domain-authorize sid.example.com file --rootdir=/var/www/mysite
Retrieving authorization conditions... done.
Persisting domain... done.
Triggering challenge... done.
Current authorization status: Pending authorization...
Sleeping for a while... woke up.
Fetching authorization status... done.
Current authorization status: Authorization succeeded!
Persisting domain... done.
Domain has been authorized.
Expiration date: Nov 14, 2016, 12:59:33 PM
Associated account: MyAccountName
$ concrete/bin/concrete5 le:domain-authorize mail.example.com dns
Retrieving authorization conditions... done.
Persisting domain... done.
You need to access the DNS server controlling the domain www.example.com.
You have to add this TXT record:
_acme-challenge.mail.example.com.
with this value:
aTy9A9O-m5jQYSTPXcZDV3W2TjQpZV0A_F1qNY-BBFg.KIkaNl4FBcQZTWem4vkf2__uCqrraGPIxZ6bolc-uDw
Here's the full DNS record to add:
_acme-challenge.www.example.com. 300 IN TXT "aTy9A9O-m5jQYSTPXcZDV3W2TjQpZV0A_F1qNY-BBFg.KIkaNl4FBcQZTWem4vkf2__uCqrraGPIxZ6bolc-uDw"
Press [ENTER] when you are ready
Triggering challenge... done.
Current authorization status: Pending authorization...
Sleeping for a while... woke up.
Fetching authorization status... done.
Current authorization status: Authorization succeeded!
Persisting domain... done.
Domain has been authorized.
Expiration date: Nov 14, 2016, 12:59:33 PM
Associated account: MyAccountName
$ concrete/bin/concrete5 le:certificate-new \
--save-privatekey=/etc/ssl/private.key \
--save-certificate-issuer=/etc/ssl/certificates.crt \
www.example.com sid.example.com mail.example.com
Generating certificate private key... done.
Generating CSR... done.
Requesting new certificate... done.
Persisting certificate... done.
Saving files... done.