# Step-by-step instructions to use Letsencrypt certificate with Wowza **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Tags:** webrtc\ **Created:** [July 3, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-to-use-letsencrypt-certificate-with-wowza/55512 "2020-07-03T16:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ian\_Liuzzi-Fedun1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@Ian\_Liuzzi-Fedun1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ian_Liuzzi-Fedun1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-to-use-letsencrypt-certificate-with-wowza/55512/1 "2020-07-03T16:26:41Z")
I have a Wowza Streaming Engine installed that I’m playing with however I don’t like the signaling URL having that whole long name. Can someone direct me to how to get Letsencrypt working with my system? I’m running this on Ubuntu 18. Is the underlying web server Apache? ---
**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-to-use-letsencrypt-certificate-with-wowza/55512/2 "2020-07-04T09:07:39Z")
Thank you for updating that article/procedure so that it works with WSE 4.8 @J van Marion! ---
**Author:** ![J\_van\_Marion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-to-use-letsencrypt-certificate-with-wowza/55512/3 "2020-07-03T19:10:34Z")
Hi, i just updated this part this week on my own site. I think this will help you. You don’t need to run apache on your server. Check the tutorial. If you have any questions just answer in the comments on my site, so i can help you out. [https://vanmarion.nl/blog/blog/wowza-4-8-x-ubuntu-18-04-20-04-letsencrypt/](https://vanmarion.nl/blog/blog/wowza-4-8-x-ubuntu-18-04-20-04-letsencrypt/) ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Liuzzi-Fedun1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@Ian\_Liuzzi-Fedun1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ian_Liuzzi-Fedun1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-to-use-letsencrypt-certificate-with-wowza/55512/4 "2020-07-03T20:42:47Z")
This is super helpful. I can’t believe I couldn’t find it myself. While creating the cert I’m being told that it can’t bind to port 80. Would I have to stop any Wowza services while doing this? ---
**Author:** ![J\_van\_Marion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-to-use-letsencrypt-certificate-with-wowza/55512/5 "2020-07-05T08:30:24Z")
Question has been answered by email. Problem was solved ---
**Author:** ![J\_van\_Marion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-to-use-letsencrypt-certificate-with-wowza/55512/6 "2023-06-19T23:37:29Z")
Created a new tutorial for Wowza 4.8.23+2 with Letsencrypt for frontend and backend. Feel free to checkout. > **[LetsEncrypt SSL for Wowza frontend & Backend - Maca's Blog](https://vanmarion.nl/blog/blog/letsencrypt-ssl-for-wowza-frontend-backend/)** > > This tutorial is part 4 of the series and will probably the most popular one. I will guide you throught installation and configuration on how to install and enable a Letsencrypt SSL certificate on...