Taming My Self-Hosted Chaos: Managing SSL Certificates Across Multiple Home Services

Introduction to Self-Hosted Chaos

I’ve been self-hosting various services at home for a while now, and one thing that’s always been a pain point is managing SSL certificates. With multiple services running on different machines, each requiring its own certificate, it’s easy to lose track of which ones are due for renewal. I’ve seen this go wrong when a certificate expires unexpectedly, taking down a service with it. To avoid this, I’ve implemented a centralized certificate management system, which I’ll outline in this article.

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