# About ssl configuration issues

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/about-ssl-configuration-issues/8236>\
**Category:** WriteFreely\
**Tags:** writefreely\
**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/about-ssl-configuration-issues/8236 "2023-02-13T13:52:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![windtune](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/windtune/32/2741_2.png) [@windtune](https://discuss.write.as/u/windtune)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/about-ssl-configuration-issues/8236/1 "2023-02-13T13:52:42Z")

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Hello, I am trying to create a writefreely instance, because of debugging the certificate I applied for let’s encrypt reached the limit this week, now I only have private.key and certificate.crt——wildcard certificate, verified by dns, but the standalone secure 443 (manual) mode does not seem to recognize them, I How should I configure to make my certificate apply to writefreely? My environment is debian11+nginx+sqlite3, I know nothing about code and linux, I hope you could understand my question, thank you!

update:  
I changed a domain and applied for a .pem certificate, but it is also not recognized in this mode. How should I set it?  
By the way, if I use reverse proxy mode and use certbot to auto-configure the certificate it results in 502 error…The nginx conf file is configured according to the documentation provided by the official website.

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**Author:** ![windtune](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/windtune/32/2741_2.png) [@windtune](https://discuss.write.as/u/windtune)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/about-ssl-configuration-issues/8236/2 "2023-02-14T15:25:59Z")

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I solved the problem of standalone mode, because I don’t need to reverse proxy, so I didn’t consider the reason of this problem.