--- title: Install certbot on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of certbot for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Automatically configure HTTPS using Let's Encrypt url: https://snapcraft.io/install/certbot/rhel --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install certbot on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** # certbot [Certbot Project (certbot-eff)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/certbot-eff "View all snaps from Certbot Project (certbot-eff)") * [Certbot Project (certbot-eff)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/certbot-eff "View all snaps from Certbot Project (certbot-eff)") * [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security) * [Server and Cloud](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=server-and-cloud) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/certbot/rhel#install) #### Automatically configure HTTPS using Let's Encrypt The objective of Certbot, Let's Encrypt, and the ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) protocol is to make it possible to set up an HTTPS server and have it automatically obtain a browser-trusted certificate, without any human intervention. This is accomplished by running a certificate management agent on the web server. This agent is used to: * Automatically prove to the Let's Encrypt CA that you control the website * Obtain a browser-trusted certificate and set it up on your web server * Keep track of when your certificate is going to expire, and renew it * Help you revoke the certificate if that ever becomes necessary. ### Package name * certbot --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 1 September 2026 - latest/stable * 8 September 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [certbot.eff.org](https://certbot.eff.org "https://certbot.eff.org") --- ### Contact * [github.com/certbot/certbot/issues](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues "https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/certbot/rhel#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install certbot Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward. The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below. The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command: ``` sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm ``` Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended: ``` sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms" sudo yum update ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again or restart your system to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install certbot To install certbot, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install certbot --classic ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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