woodpecker/docs/versioned_docs/version-0.15/30-administration/60-ssl.md

# SSL

Woodpecker supports two ways of enabling SSL communication. You can either use Let's Encrypt to get automated SSL support with
renewal or provide your own SSL certificates.


## Let's Encrypt

Woodpecker supports automated SSL configuration and updates using Let's Encrypt.

You can enable Let's Encrypt by making the following modifications to your server configuration:

```diff
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3'

services:
  woodpecker-server:
    [...]
    ports:
+     - 80:80
+     - 443:443
      - 9000:9000
    environment:
      - [...]
+     - WOODPECKER_LETS_ENCRYPT=true
```

Note that Woodpecker uses the hostname from the `WOODPECKER_HOST` environment variable when requesting certificates. For example, if `WOODPECKER_HOST=https://foo.com` the certificate is requested for `foo.com`.

>Once enabled you can visit your website at both the http and the https address

### Certificate Cache

Woodpecker writes the certificates to the below directory:

```
/var/lib/woodpecker/golang-autocert
```

### Certificate Updates

Woodpecker uses the official Go acme library which will handle certificate upgrades. There should be no addition configuration or management required.

## SSL with own certificates

Woodpecker supports ssl configuration by mounting certificates into your container.

```diff
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3'

services:
  woodpecker-server:
    [...]
    ports:
+     - 80:80
+     - 443:443
      - 9000:9000
    volumes:
+     - /etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt:/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt
+     - /etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key:/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key
    environment:
      - [...]
+     - WOODPECKER_SERVER_CERT=/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt
+     - WOODPECKER_SERVER_KEY=/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key
```

Update your configuration to expose the following ports:

```diff
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3'

services:
  woodpecker-server:
    [...]
    ports:
+     - 80:80
+     - 443:443
      - 9000:9000
```

Update your configuration to mount your certificate and key:

```diff
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3'

services:
  woodpecker-server:
    [...]
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
      - 9000:9000
    volumes:
+     - /etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt:/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt
+     - /etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key:/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key
```

Update your configuration to provide the paths of your certificate and key:

```diff
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3'

services:
  woodpecker-server:
    [...]
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
      - 9000:9000
    volumes:
      - /etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt:/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt
      - /etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key:/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key
    environment:
+     - WOODPECKER_SERVER_CERT=/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.crt
+     - WOODPECKER_SERVER_KEY=/etc/certs/woodpecker.foo.com/server.key
```

### Certificate Chain

The most common problem encountered is providing a certificate file without the intermediate chain.

> LoadX509KeyPair reads and parses a public/private key pair from a pair of files. The files must contain PEM encoded data. The certificate file may contain intermediate certificates following the leaf certificate to form a certificate chain.

### Certificate Errors

SSL support is provided using the [ListenAndServeTLS](https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#ListenAndServeTLS) function from the Go standard library. If you receive certificate errors or warnings please examine your configuration more closely.