# certbot mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, winget, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für certbot in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:certbot
```

## Antwort zur Agent-Sicherheit

certbot manages TLS certificates and can change web-server certificate state.

- **Credential-Zugriff:** Reads account keys, private keys, webroot paths, and DNS provider credentials.
- **Änderungen an Remote-Zustand:** Can request certificates and modify local server config or DNS plugins.
- **Publish-/Artefakt-Risiko:** Can create certificates used by public services.
- **Empfohlene Kontrolle:** Gate renew, certonly, private-key reads, and DNS credential use.
- **Hinweise für Agent-Nutzung:** Allow certificate status checks; require approval before issuing, renewing, or editing live certs.

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install certbot
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install certbot
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: security/certbot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add certbot
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: certbot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install certbot
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: certbot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install certbot
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: certbot from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#certbot
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ce/certbot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S certbot
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: certbot from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install python313-certbot
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-certbot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id EFF.Certbot -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: EFF.Certbot from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:certbot
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 5.7.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Tool to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and autoenable HTTPS
- **Homepage:** <https://certbot.eff.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/certbot/certbot>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-16T20:51:03Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- certbot (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 5.7.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Certbot is EFF's ACME client for obtaining and renewing HTTPS certificates, most commonly from Let's Encrypt, and optionally configuring web servers such as Apache and nginx.

### Projektgeschichte

The repository was created in 2014 during the early Let's Encrypt client era. In 2016, EFF announced the client would move under the Certbot name to distinguish the client from the Let's Encrypt certificate authority and ISRG organization.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Certbot rode the same adoption wave as Let's Encrypt: EFF's 2016 announcement noted Let's Encrypt had issued its three millionth certificate, and EFF later reported Certbot installed on more than 4 million web servers maintaining certificates for more than 31 million websites.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Certbot is intended to run on the server that hosts the site. It obtains certificates, saves them under /etc/letsencrypt/live, renews them on a schedule, and can use plugins for Apache, nginx, webroot, standalone, manual, and DNS-based validation.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Certbot is one of the canonical examples of a security CLI becoming distribution infrastructure: it appears in many package managers, replaced the older letsencrypt command name in user documentation, deprecated certbot-auto, and standardized operational files under /etc/letsencrypt.

### Zeitleiste

- 2014: Public certbot/certbot repository created.
- 2016: EFF announced the Let's Encrypt client rename to Certbot and the new certbot.eff.org site.
- 2025: Certbot 5.0.0 released, removing older deprecated APIs and Python 3.9 support.
- 2026: Certbot 5.6.0 released according to the official changelog.

### Related projects

- Let's Encrypt is the default certificate authority commonly used with Certbot.
- ACME is the protocol Certbot speaks, standardized as RFC 8555.
- certbot-apache, certbot-nginx, and Certbot DNS plugins provide authenticator and installer integrations.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/certbot/certbot>
- <https://github.com/certbot/certbot>
- <https://certbot.eff.org/>
- <https://certbot.eff.org/docs>
- <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/announcing-certbot-new-tls-robot>
- <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/should-caddy-and-traefik-replace-certbot>
- <https://github.com/certbot/certbot/blob/main/certbot/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/certbot.json>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für certbot wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Credential files

- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/letsencrypt
- Unix: ~/.config/letsencrypt, ~/.letsencrypt
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - certbot - 4.0.0-2+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: certbot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | automatically configure HTTPS using Let's Encrypt | https://certbot.eff.org/
- Nix - certbot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ce/certbot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - certbot - 2.9.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: certbot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | automatically configure HTTPS using Let's Encrypt | https://certbot.eff.org/
- apk - certbot - 5.7.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: certbot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An ACME client that can update Apache/Nginx configurations | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- apk - certbot-pyc - 5.7.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: certbot-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for certbot | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - certbot - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: certbot from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A free, automated certificate authority client | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-acme-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-acme-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-acme-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-cloudflare-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-cloudflare-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-cloudflare-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-digitalocean-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-digitalocean-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-digitalocean-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-dnsimple-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-dnsimple-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-dnsimple-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-dnsmadeeasy-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-dnsmadeeasy-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-dnsmadeeasy-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-gehirn-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-gehirn-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-gehirn-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-google-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-google-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-google-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-linode-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-linode-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-linode-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-luadns-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-luadns-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-luadns-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot
- dnf - python-certbot-dns-nsone-doc - 5.6.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python-certbot-dns-nsone-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documenation for python-certbot-dns-nsone-doc libraries | https://github.com/certbot/certbot


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/certbot.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/certbot.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated agent safety answer