# How to use Let's Encrypt with an SSH Bastion

DevFeed: [How to use Let's Encrypt with an SSH Bastion](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-use-let-s-encrypt-with-an-ssh-bastion-29754.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/letsencrypt-teleport-ssh/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Russell Jones)

Published: 2018-02-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>)

Tags: [bastion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bastion.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [https](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/https.md>), [let-s-encrypt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/let-s-encrypt.md>), [port](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/port.md>), [private-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-key.md>), [proxy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxy.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [x509](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/x509.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on configuring the Teleport SSH proxy, also called a bastion, to use an x509 certificate issued and renewed by Let's Encrypt for HTTPS access.

## Source excerpt

The Teleport Proxy requires a valid x509 certificate to serve the Web UI via HTTPS. This post shows how to configure the Teleport Proxy to use Let's Encrypt.