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title: "Discussion on \"Setting Up Free Auto-Renewing TLS/SSL Certificates with Docker, Docker Compose, Certbot, Cron, and Nginx\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Setting Up Free Auto-Renewing TLS/SSL Certificates with Docker, Docker Compose, Certbot, Cron, and Nginx\". Setting up verified TLS (transport layer security) certificates for your web services allows them to be trusted by clients connecting over HTTPS. Without a trusted certificate all web browsers will show a warning that discourages users from proceedin..."
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[Edward Lucas-Rowe](https://hashnode.com/@cycloss)

Backend, Devops, and Mobile

Aug 31, 2022

# [Setting Up Free Auto-Renewing TLS/SSL Certificates with Docker, Docker Compose, Certbot, Cron, and Nginx](https://cycloss.hashnode.dev/setting-up-free-auto-renewing-tlsssl-certificates-with-docker-docker-compose-certbot-cron-and-nginx?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Setting up verified TLS (transport layer security) certificates for your web services allows them to be trusted by clients connecting over HTTPS. Without a trusted certificate all web browsers will show a warning that discourages users from proceedin...

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[Norbert Macsali](https://hashnode.com/@Norbi)

Android development

[Jul 28, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/setting-up-free-auto-renewing-tlsssl-certificates-with-docker-docker-compose-certbot-cron-and-nginx/630f4dcd75af73ad1f060e71/comment/6887c141e40fba991da48648)

Wow… I haven’t seen a better post on TLS renewal with Docker. Thanks!