Let's encrypt + certbot: where is the private key?: =================================================== Ignore the csr and keys dirs; they essentially just contain temporary files during issuance. Certbot always puts the latest version of all certificates under /etc/letsencrypt/live: Therefore you would configure services like this: *Need to be root (sudo su): SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/branden-g.ca/fullchain.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/branden-g.ca/privkey.pem ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: https://superuser.com/questions/1194523/lets-encrypt-certbot-where-is-the-private-key Date: April 22nd 2023