what is acme-companion fr?

umireon/acme-companion — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2021-05-06

Audience · ops devopsComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · hard

vibe map

mindmap
  root((acme-companion))
    What it does
      Watches Docker containers
      Requests SSL certificates
      Auto-renews before expiry
      Configures nginx-proxy
    Tech stack
      Docker
      nginx-proxy
      acme.sh
      Let's Encrypt
    Use cases
      HTTPS for microservices
      Secure internal dashboards
      Multi-container hosting
    Audience
      Docker hosters
      Startups
      Ops teams

mindmap root((acme-companion)) What it does Watches Docker containers Requests SSL certificates Auto-renews before expiry Configures nginx-proxy Tech stack Docker nginx-proxy acme.sh Let's Encrypt Use cases HTTPS for microservices Secure internal dashboards Multi-container hosting Audience Docker hosters Startups Ops teams

what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Automatically get and renew HTTPS certificates for multiple Dockerized apps on one server

VIBE 2

Run Grafana, a wiki, and an API on the same host with valid HTTPS for each

VIBE 3

Avoid manual SSL certificate management for a microservices setup

VIBE 4

Secure internal tools and dashboards with proper certificates without extra work

what's the stack?

Dockernginx-proxyacme.sh

how it stacks up fr

	umireon/acme-companion	0verflowme/alarm-clock	0verflowme/seclists
Language	—	CSS	—
Last pushed	2021-05-06	2022-10-03	2020-05-03
Maintenance	Dormant	Dormant	Dormant
Setup difficulty	hard	easy	easy
Complexity	3/5	2/5	1/5
Audience	ops devops	vibe coder	ops devops

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

how do i run it?

Difficulty · hard time til it works · 1h+

Requires three linked Docker containers with shared volumes and a publicly reachable host on ports 80/443.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1

Walk me through setting up nginx-proxy and acme-companion together with shared Docker volumes.

prompt 2

Show me the environment variables I need to set on a container so acme-companion requests a certificate for its domain.

prompt 3

Explain what happens when a certificate is about to expire and how renewal is triggered.

prompt 4

Help me troubleshoot why acme-companion can't verify domain ownership for my container.

Frequently asked questions