# lego Let's Encrypt client and ACME library written in Go [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/xenolf/lego/acme?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/xenolf/lego/acme) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/xenolf/lego.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/xenolf/lego) This is a work in progress. Please do *NOT* run this on a production server. Please report any bugs you find! #### Current Status The code in this repository is under development. Current features: - [x] Registering with a CA - [x] Requesting Certificates - [x] Renewing Certificates - [x] Revoking Certificates - [ ] Initiating account recovery - Identifier validation challenges - [x] SimpleHTTP Challenge - [ ] DVSNI Challenge - [ ] Proof of Possession of a Prior Key - [ ] DNS Challenge - [x] Certificate bundling - [x] Library support for OCSP Please keep in mind that CLI switches and APIs are still subject to change. When using the standard --path option, all certificates and account configurations are saved to a folder *.lego* in the current working directory. #### Sudo I tried to not need sudo apart from challenges where binding to a privileged port is necessary. To run the CLI without sudo, you have two options: - Use ```setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/program``` - Pass the --port option and specify a custom port to bind to. In this case you have to forward port 443 to this custom port. #### Usage ``` NAME: lego - Let's encrypt client to go! USAGE: ./lego [global options] command [command options] [arguments...] VERSION: 0.0.2 COMMANDS: run Register an account, then create and install a certificate auth Create a certificate - must already have an account revoke Revoke a certificate renew Renew a certificate help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command GLOBAL OPTIONS: --domains, -d [--domains option --domains option] Add domains to the process --server, -s "https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/" CA hostname (and optionally :port). The server certificate must be trusted in order to avoid further modifications to the client. --email, -m Email used for registration and recovery contact. --rsa-key-size, -B "2048" Size of the RSA key. --path "CWD" Directory to use for storing the data --port Challenges will use this port to listen on. Please make sure to forward port 443 to this port on your machine. Otherwise use setcap on the binary --devMode If set to true, all client side challenge pre-tests are skipped. --help, -h show help --version, -v print the version ``` #### ACME Library Usage A valid, but bare-bones example use of the acme package: ```go // You'll need a user or account type that implements acme.User type MyUser struct { Email string Registration *acme.RegistrationResource key *rsa.PrivateKey } func (u MyUser) GetEmail() string { return u.Email } func (u MyUser) GetRegistration() *acme.RegistrationResource { return u.Registration } func (u MyUser) GetPrivateKey() *rsa.PrivateKey { return u.key } // Create a user. New accounts need an email and private key to start. const rsaKeySize = 2048 privateKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, rsaKeySize) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } myUser := MyUser{ Email: "you@yours.com", key: privateKey, } // A client facilitates communication with the CA server. This CA URL is // configured for a local dev instance of Boulder running in Docker in a VM. // We specify an optPort of 5001 because we aren't running as root and can't // bind a listener to port 443 (used later when we attempt to pass challenge). client := acme.NewClient("http://192.168.99.100:4000", &myUser, rsaKeySize, "5001") // New users will need to register; be sure to save it reg, err := client.Register() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } myUser.Registration = reg // The client has a URL to the current Let's Encrypt Subscriber // Agreement. The user will need to agree to it. err = client.AgreeToTOS() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // The acme library takes care of completing the challenges to obtain the certificate(s). // Of course, the hostnames must resolve to this machine or it will fail. certificates, err := client.ObtainCertificates([]string{"mydomain.com"}) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Each certificate comes back with the cert bytes, the bytes of the client's // private key, and a certificate URL. This is where you should save them to files! fmt.Printf("%#v\n", certificates) // ... all done. ```