# Minimum needed to get LetsEncrypt working on a GCE instance

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**Created:** [June 21, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-needed-to-get-letsencrypt-working-on-a-gce-instance/64853 "2017-06-21T04:43:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-needed-to-get-letsencrypt-working-on-a-gce-instance/64853/2 "2017-06-21T04:45:34Z")

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> [@dmahler](#):
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> Do I need to set up a DNS domain and hotname to wok with LetsEncrypt?

Yup you’ll need to have a valid hostname in order to get a cert.

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