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yuvipanda 10e60ab226 Cleanup HTTPS documentation
- Wrap some lines
- Normalize reference anchors to conform to hierarchy
- Mention that the certificates will be renewed
- Strengthen suggestion to use Let's Encrypt

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.. _howto/admin/https:
============
Enable HTTPS
============
Every JupyterHub deployment should enable HTTPS!
HTTPS encrypts traffic so that usernames, passwords and your data are
communicated securely. sensitive bits of information are communicated
securely. The Littlest JupyterHub supports automatically configuring HTTPS
via `Let's Encrypt <https://letsencrypt.org>`_, or setting it up
:ref:`manually <howto/admin/https/manual>` with your own TLS key and
certificate. Unless you have a strong reason to use the manual method,
you should use the :ref:`Let's Encrypt <howto/admin/https/letsencrypt>`
method.
.. _howto/admin/https/letsencrypt:
Automatic HTTPS with Let's Encrypt
==================================
To enable HTTPS via letsencrypt::
sudo tljh-config set https.enabled true
sudo tljh-config set https.letsencrypt.email you@example.com
sudo tljh-config add-item https.letsencrypt.domains yourhub.yourdomain.edu
where ``you@example.com`` is your email address and ``yourhub.yourdomain.edu``
s the domain where your hub will be running.
Once you have loaded this, your config should look like::
sudo tljh-config show
.. sourcecode:: yaml
https:
enabled: true
letsencrypt:
email: you@example.com
domains:
- yourhub.yourdomain.edu
Finally, you can reload the proxy to load the new configuration::
sudo tljh-config reload proxy
At this point, the proxy should negotiate with Let's Encrypt to set up a
trusted HTTPS certificate for you. It may take a moment for the proxy to
negotiate with Let's Encrypt to get your certificates, after which you can
access your Hub securely at https://yourhub.yourdomain.edu.
These certificates are valid for 3 months. The proxy will automatically
renew them for you before they expire.
.. _howto/admin/https/manual:
Manual HTTPS with existing key and certificate
==============================================
You may already have an SSL key and certificate.
If so, you can tell your deployment to use these files::
sudo tljh-config set https.enabled true
sudo tljh-config set https.tls.key /etc/mycerts/mydomain.key
sudo tljh-config set https.tls.cert /etc/mycerts/mydomain.cert
Once you have loaded this, your config should look like::
sudo tljh-config show
.. sourcecode:: yaml
https:
enabled: true
tls:
key: /etc/mycerts/mydomain.key
cert: /etc/mycerts/mydomain.cert
Finally, you can reload the proxy to load the new configuration::
sudo tljh-config reload proxy
and now access your Hub securely at https://yourhub.yourdomain.edu.