# How to force letsencrypt cert renewal

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-letsencrypt-cert-renewal/143223
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** letsencrypt
**Created:** [March 3, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-letsencrypt-cert-renewal/143223 "2020-03-03T15:52:30Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-letsencrypt-cert-renewal/143223/2 "2020-03-03T16:33:05Z")

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This should work:

```plaintext
ssh root@your.discourse.server
cd /var/discourse/shared/standalone
cp -r ssl ssl_backup
rm ssl/*
cd /var/discourse
./launcher rebuild app

```

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