# Https with let's encrypt behind a vpn?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-with-lets-encrypt-behind-a-vpn/112726>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 27, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-with-lets-encrypt-behind-a-vpn/112726 "2019-03-27T15:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbeaudry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@tbeaudry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tbeaudry)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-with-lets-encrypt-behind-a-vpn/112726/7 "2019-03-27T16:07:23Z")

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Hi @Stephen

We are using LDAP authentication for the discourse. If credentials are stolen then someone could access everything else relating to the student at the University.

Would you know if I follow these instructions: [Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in Ubuntu 16.04 | Liquid Web](https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/generating-certificate-signing-request-csr-ubuntu-16-04/) that is will work with discourse? I’ve setup https before, but never with a docker app, so I’m not sure if I need to do something different.

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