Solving Let's Encrypt Challenges with SCP for Limited Web Hosting
The Problem: Limited Domain Hosting Without API Access If you’ve ever tried to set up SSL certificates with Let’s Encrypt on a domain hosting provider that doesn’t offer API access, you know the struggle. My situation was particularly challenging:
My domain is hosted with a provider that doesn’t offer any API for automated certificate management My web space is limited, making it difficult to run a full ACME client directly on the server I needed to automate the certificate renewal process to avoid manual intervention every 90 days The standard approach for Let’s Encrypt validation is to place a specific challenge file in the .