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    # Setup HTTPS Certs with ACME
    I use Cloudflare as my external DNS provider and will be using this for my challenge, if you don't use cloudlfare adjust accordingly.

    [this gist is part of this series](scyto/76e94832927a89d977ea989da157e9dc)
    [this gist is part of this series](/76e94832927a89d977ea989da157e9dc)

    ## Create Account
    1. navigate to `Datcenter > ACME`
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    # Setup HTTPS Certs with ACME
    I use Cloudflare as my external DNS provider and will be using this for my challenge, if you don't use cloudlfare adjust accordingly.

    [this gist is part of this series](scyto/76e94832927a89d977ea989da157e9dc)

    ## Create Account
    1. navigate to `Datcenter > ACME`
    2. under accounts click `add`
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    # Setup HTTPS Certs with ACME
    I use Cloudflare as my external DNS provider and will be using this for my challenge, if you don't use cloudlfare adjust accordingly.

    ## Create Account
    1. navigate to `Datcenter > ACME`
    2. under accounts click `add`
    3. the account name is anything useful to you - i recommend using something like \<mydomain>-\<tld>-acme where mydomain is your DNS domain prefix and tld is the suffice (like com or net etc) so mydomain-com-acme
    4. enter your email
    5. accept the TOS and click `register`
    5. accept the TOS and click `register`

    ## Create Challenge Plugin
    1. under 'challenge plugins' click `add`
    2. set any name for the plugin ID, i chose to call mine CF-\<domain>-\<tld> (e.g CF-mydomain-com
    3. select DNS API = Cloudflare Managed DNS
    4. fill in CF_Key=
    5. Fill in CF_Token=
    6. click `ok`

    ## Get Certificates
    1. navigate to `Datacenter > pve1 > System > Certificates`
    2. click `add`
    3. Challenge type = DNS
    4. Plugin = CF-mydomain-com (or whatver you called it)
    5. create domain `pve1.mydomain.com`
    6. click `create`
    7. in the ACME section click `edit` next 'Using Account'
    8. select the account you created (e.g. mydomain-com-acme)
    9. click `apply`
    10. now click `order certificates` to get a letsencrypt certificate.

    At this point it will create the DNS challenger, order the cert and then restart the web interface and if you did evertying right you mop jabe a cert. repeat the steps on pve2 and pve3 remebering to set the name correctly
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    # Setup HTTPS Certs with ACME
    I use Cloudflare as my external DNS provider and will be using this for my challenge, if you don't use cloudlfare adjust accordingly.

    1. navigate to `Datcenter > ACME`
    2. under accounts click `add`
    3. the account name is anything useful to you - i recommend using something like \<mydomain>-\<tld>-acme where mydomain is your DNS domain prefix and tld is the suffice (like com or net etc) so mydomain-com-acme
    4. enter your email
    5. accept the TOS and click `register`
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    # Setup HTTPS Certs with ACME
    I use Cloudflare as my external DNS provider and will be using this for my challenge, if you don't use cloudlfare adjust accordingly.