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→‎Hosts and domains for the certificate: Removed warning box--it duplicates information already stated under Prerequisites
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* Are configured on your SME Server (e.g., through the Server Manager), and
 
* Are configured on your SME Server (e.g., through the Server Manager), and
 
* Are configured to use Let's Encrypt.
 
* Are configured to use Let's Encrypt.
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{{Warning box| Your server must be accessible from the Internet and the domains and hosts you are asking for a certificate should resolve to your domain. Having only one domain or host in the list you ask a certificate for that fails to resolve and point to your server from the internet will result in a failure to obtain a certificate. Please consider that by default SME will add some subdomains for your domain you configure on it such as ftp.mydomain.tld, mail.mydomain.tld, wpad.mydomain.tld, proxy.mydomain.tld, $HOSTNAME.mydomain.tld and www.mydomain.tld. If you configure the contrib to issue a certificate for all of those take the time to configure them all at your DNS hosting service to point to your server.}}
      
For example, your SME Server may contain the following domains and hostnames:
 
For example, your SME Server may contain the following domains and hostnames:
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With the system configuration described above, setting this to "domains" will obtain a certificate covering domain1.com and domain2.com, but not www.domain1.com, etc.  Setting it to "hosts" will obtain a certificate covering www.domain1.com, mail.domain1.com, ftp.domain1.com, etc., but not domain1.com or domain2.com.  Setting this property to "all" will include all domain names and hostnames in the certificate.
 
With the system configuration described above, setting this to "domains" will obtain a certificate covering domain1.com and domain2.com, but not www.domain1.com, etc.  Setting it to "hosts" will obtain a certificate covering www.domain1.com, mail.domain1.com, ftp.domain1.com, etc., but not domain1.com or domain2.com.  Setting this property to "all" will include all domain names and hostnames in the certificate.
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====Other configuration properties====
 
====Other configuration properties====
 
No other settings are mandatory.  However, it's recommended to configure an email address.  If there should be a problem with renewing your certificate, and it comes close to expiring, the Let's Encrypt servers will notify you of this.  Do so with this command:
 
No other settings are mandatory.  However, it's recommended to configure an email address.  If there should be a problem with renewing your certificate, and it comes close to expiring, the Let's Encrypt servers will notify you of this.  Do so with this command:
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