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 Launch that docker-compose file, and you're good to go; `certbot` will automatically request an SSL certificate for any `nginx` sites that look for SSL certificates in `/etc/letsencrypt/live`, and will automatically renew them over time.
 
+Note: using a `server` block that listens on port 80 may cause issues with renewal. This container will already handle forwarding to port 443, so they are unnecessary.
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 ## Templating
 
 You may wish to template your configurations, e.g. passing in a hostname so as to be able to run multiple identical copies of this container; one per website.  The docker container will use [`envsubst`](https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/envsubst-Invocation.html) to template all mounted user configs with a user-provided list of environment variables.  Example: