Switching your office to HTTPS when installing from RPM/DEB packages

Introduction

When you install ONLYOFFICE Workspace Enterprise Edition using the script, you are offered an option to install it not using the Docker, but from RPM/DEB packages. But in this case, the HTTPS section will be absent from the Control Panel. This does not mean that you will not be able to switch your portal to HTTPS protocol.

Starting with version 9.1 letsencrypt.org service and script are used to easily create a CA-signed certificate and switch the portal to HTTPS with a single command.

The article below will explain this can be done. To install your own certificate, please refer to this article.

Switching to HTTPS using script

Run the following script:

bash /var/www/onlyoffice/Tools/letsencrypt.sh yourdomain.com subdomain1.yourdomain.com subdomain2.yourdomain.com

Where yourdomain.com is the address of the domain where your ONLYOFFICE Workspace Enterprise Edition portal is installed, and subdomain1.yourdomain.com and subdomain2.yourdomain.com (and any other subdomains separated with a space) are the subdomains for the main domain which you use.

The script will automatically create and install the letsencrypt.org CA-signed certificate to your server and restart the NGINX service for the changes to take effect.

Now, your portal should be available using the https:// address.

Creating the letsencrypt.org certificate manually

If you do not want to use the script, you can perform the same actions manually. To be able to create the letsencrypt.org CA-signed certificate manually, you need to go to the Getting started section of the letsencrypt.org website and follow the instructions on how to add Certbot ACME client to your server.