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-There will be documentation here about the LetsEncrypt plugin once it's released.
+<markdown>
+# i-MSCP LetsEncrypt plugin
+</markdown>
+<WRAP center round important 60%>
+**Be aware that this documentation is for the last available version. If you use an older version, you must refer to the README.md file inside the plugin archive.**
+</WRAP>
+<markdown>
+## Introduction
+Provides free SSL certificates through the Let's Encrypt CA.
+## Requirements
+- i-MSCP Serie 1.3.x (version >= 1.3.1), 1.4.x
+## Installation
+. Be sure that all requirements as stated in the requirements section are met
+. Upload the plugin through the plugin management interface
+. Install the plugin through the plugin management interface
+Note that the installation can take up several minutes.
+## Update
+. Be sure to read the update notes in the UPDATE.md file
+. Be sure that all requirements as stated in the requirements section are met
+. Upload the plugin through the plugin management interface
+. Update the plugin list through the plugin management interface
+## Plugin deactivation/uninstallation
+When deactivating or uninstalling the plugin, the existents SSL certificate lineages are not removed. Also, the database
+entries that belong to customer SSL certificates are keep in place. This means that any SSL certificate already issued
+will still be usable by the customer.
+According to the previous sentence, It must be noted that the current actions for SSL certificates that are displayed in
+the interface, at customer and administrator levels, do not predict the action that will actually take place. The real
+action to be performed will be automagically determined by the plugin at run time, by checking the state of the SSL
+certificate. In other words, the plugin is smart enough to not perform new SSL certificate issuance or renewal when that
+is not necessary.
+## Manual execution of the Certbot client
+You should avoid execute the `Certbot` client manually, or even through your own scripts, without knowing what your are
+doing. If you really want execute the `Certbot` client manually, you should at least reuse the email that is used by
+this plugin. You can find the email address in the `/etc/imscp/imscp.conf` file (DEFAULT_ADMIN_ADDRESS parameter).
+Be aware that not support will be given if following a manual invocation of the Certbot client, one or many of your SSL
+certificate lineages are in inconsistent states.
+## Certbot client version
+It is possible to use latest released version or development version of the Certbot client by changing the value of the
+`certbot_version` configuration parameter in the plugin configuration file. Be aware that usage of the development
+version is discouraged in production environments.
+## Let's Encrypt registration
+The plugin automatically process your Let's Encrypt account registration, using the administrator email address that you
+have provided during i-MSCP setup phase. If you need change that email after while, you must not forget to run the
+following command to update your Let's Encrypt account:
+    certbot-auto register --update-registration --email <new_email>
+where `<new_email>` is your new email address.
+If you don't do so, a new account will be created using the new email address and there will be inconsistencies with SSL
+certificate lineages, making the plugin unable to work properly.
+## Let's Encrypt Rate Limits
+Be sure to read https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits
+Note that when the Let's Encrypt limits are reached, the plugin will automatically set the status of the SSL certificate
+to `pending`. The pending tasks are postponed as long as the limits are not released.
+## Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for the control panel and services (FTP, IMAP/POP and SMTP)
+To enable Let's Encrypt for the control panel and/or services you must in order:
+- Enable SSL on i-MSCP side for the control panel and/or services, by choosing the `self-signed` SSL certificate option
+- Connect as administrator to the control panel
+- Activate Let's Encrypt for the control panel and/or services through the administrator's Let's Encrypt interface.
+The link for accessing the administrator's Let's Encrypt interface is available in the `System tools` section.
+### Note for PanelRedirect plugin users
+If you use the `PanelRedirect` plugin, you must ensure that you have a version greater or equal to `1.1.5`, else, the
+domain validations will fail.
+## SANs for alternative URLs
+You can enable support for alternative URLs by setting the `include_altnames` configuration parameter to`true` in the
+plugin configuration file. Once done, don't forget to trigger a plugin list update.
+Be aware that this parameters acts only for new SSL certificate issuances.
+### Warning regarding this feature
+Due to the current Let's Encrypt rate limits, it is not recommended to enable this feature. Indeed, each SSL certificate
+issuance for which a SAN is added for an alternative URL will possibly hits the `Certificate per Registered Domain`
+limit (20 per week) for the control panel domain. This explain why this feature is turned off by default.
+Note that alternative URLs as provided by i-MSCP are meant to allow the customers to access their domains for DNS
+propagation time. These URLs should not be exposed publicly.
+## Plugin translation
+You can translate this plugin using a gettext translation editor such as `Poedit`. Translation files are located under
+the `./l10n` directory, inside of the plugin archive. Once translated you can send us your translation file (po file)
+for integration in future release.
+Note that if no translation file exists for your localization in the `./l10n/po` directory, you must create it first
+from the `l10n/LetsEncrypt.pot` file. Be aware that your file must be `UTF-8`, else, it won't be accepted.
+## License
+    i-MSCP LetsEncrypt plugin
+    @author Laurent Declercq <[email protected]>
+    @copyright (C) 2016-2017 Laurent Declercq <[email protected]>
+    @license i-MSCP License <https://www.i-mscp.net/license-agreement.html>
+See the LICENSE file inside the archive for further details.
+## Sponsors
+The development of this plugin has been sponsored by:
+ - [IP-Projects GmbH & Co. KG](https://www.ip-projects.de/ "IP-Projects GmbH & Co. KG")
+## Authors
+* Laurent Declercq <[email protected]>
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