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AWS lightsail documentation change

Service: lightsail · 2026-05-01 · Documentation low

File: lightsail/latest/userguide/amazon-lightsail-using-lets-encrypt-certificates-with-wordpress.md

Summary

Updated title to include 'and certbot', replaced bncert tool documentation link, updated image path for TXT records, and modified section titles.

Security assessment

Changes improve documentation for HTTPS implementation using Let's Encrypt and bncert tool, promoting encrypted communication. No evidence of vulnerability fixes; enhances existing security feature documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/lightsail/latest/userguide/amazon-lightsail-using-lets-encrypt-certificates-with-wordpress.md b/lightsail/latest/userguide/amazon-lightsail-using-lets-encrypt-certificates-with-wordpress.md
index c4266d11b..539f2aaa8 100644
--- a//lightsail/latest/userguide/amazon-lightsail-using-lets-encrypt-certificates-with-wordpress.md
+++ b//lightsail/latest/userguide/amazon-lightsail-using-lets-encrypt-certificates-with-wordpress.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ Before getting startedStep 1: Complete the prerequisitesStep 2: Install Certbot
-# Secure your Lightsail WordPress instance with free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates
+# Secure your Lightsail WordPress instance with free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates and certbot
@@ -59 +59 @@ You should consider the following before getting started with this tutorial:
-The steps outlined in this tutorial show you how to implement an SSL/TLS certificate using a manual process. However, Bitnami offers a more automated process that uses the Bitnami HTTPS configuration (`bncert`) tool that is typically pre-installed on WordPress instances in Lightsail. We highly recommend that you use that tool instead of following the manual steps in this tutorial. This tutorial was written before the `bncert` tool became available. For more information about using the `bncert` tool, see [Enabling HTTPS on your WordPress instance in Amazon Lightsail](./amazon-lightsail-enabling-https-on-wordpress.html).
+The steps outlined in this tutorial show you how to implement an SSL/TLS certificate using a manual process. However, Bitnami offers a more automated process that uses the Bitnami HTTPS configuration (`bncert`) tool that is typically pre-installed on WordPress instances in Lightsail. We highly recommend that you use that tool instead of following the manual steps in this tutorial. This tutorial was written before the `bncert` tool became available. For more information about using the `bncert` tool, see [Secure your WordPress site with HTTPS on Lightsail with bncert](./amazon-lightsail-enabling-https-on-wordpress-with-bncert.html).
@@ -181 +181 @@ Let's Encrypt may provide a single or multiple TXT records that you must use for
-![TXT records for Let's Encrypt certificates.](/images/lightsail/latest/userguide/images/instances/ssh/lets-encrypt-text-records.png)
+![TXT records for Let's Encrypt certificates.](/images/lightsail/latest/userguide/images/instances/lets-encrypt/get-TXT-records.png)
@@ -419 +419 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-NGINX Let's Encrypt certificate
+NGINX
@@ -421 +421 @@ NGINX Let's Encrypt certificate
-IPv6 networking
+Let's Encrypt with bncert