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The Certificates screen includes the ACME DNS-Authenticators widget that displays a list of configured authenticators. The Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) DNS-Authenticators screen allows users to automate certificate issuing and renewal. The user must verify ownership of the domain before TrueNAS allows certificate automation.
ACME DNS is an advanced feature intended for network administrators or AWS professionals. Misconfiguring ACME DNS can prevent you from accessing TrueNAS. Figure 1: ACME DNS-Authenticators Widget with No Authenticators Each authenticator listed is a link that opens the Edit ACME DNS-Authenticator screen for the selected authenticator.
Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) DNS authenticators allow users to automate certificate issuing and renewal. The user must verify ownership of the domain before TrueNAS allows certificate automation.
ACME DNS is an advanced feature intended for network administrators or AWS professionals. Misconfiguring ACME DNS can prevent you from accessing TrueNAS. The system requires an ACME DNS Authenticator and CSR to configure ACME certificate automation.
Adding a DNS Authenticator To add an authenticator,
TrueNAS SCALE allows users to automatically generate custom domain certificates using Let’s Encrypt.
Requirements An email address for your TrueNAS SCALE Admin user. A custom domain that uses Cloudflare, AWS Route 53, or OVH. A DNS server that does not cache for your TrueNAS SCALE system. Create an ACME DNS-Authenticator Go to Credentials > Certificates and click ADD in the ACME DNS-Authenticators widget.
Enter the required fields depending on your provider, then click Save.
This feature is only available in the open-source supported TrueNAS CORE. Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) is available for automating certificate issuing and renewal. The user must verify ownership of the domain before certificate automation is allowed.
ACME certificate automation requires an ACME DNS Authenticator and a Certificate Signing Request.
Adding ACME DNS Authenticators Go to System > ACME DNS and click ADD.
Name the authenticator, choose a DNS provider, and configure any required Authenticator Attributes:
Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) is available for automating certificate issuing and renewal.
Add DNS Authenticators Name Description Name Internal identifier for the authenticator. Authenticator Choose a DNS provider and configure any required authenticator attributes. Access ID Key Key generated by the Amazon Web Services account. See the AWS Access Key documentation for instructions to generate the key. Secret Access Key Key generated by the Amazon Web Services account. See the AWS Access Key documentation for instructions to generate the key.
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