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# Stream the progress of Let's Encrypt certificate issuance on the edge

Reports progress as Server-Sent Events. The domain and credentials are taken from the settings, so no parameters are needed.

```json
{"openapi":"3.1.0","info":{"title":"defguard Core API","version":"2.1.0"},"tags":[{"name":"proxy","description":"Edge (proxy) instances, their TLS and ACME setup."}],"security":[{"cookie":[]},{"api_token":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"cookie":{"type":"apiKey","in":"cookie","name":"defguard_session"},"api_token":{"type":"http","scheme":"bearer"}},"schemas":{"ApiErrorResponse":{"type":"object","description":"Body returned with error responses.","required":["msg"],"properties":{"code":{"type":["string","null"],"description":"Machine-readable error code, returned for selected errors."},"msg":{"type":"string","description":"Human-readable error message."}}}}},"paths":{"/api/v1/proxy/acme/stream":{"get":{"tags":["proxy"],"summary":"Stream the progress of Let's Encrypt certificate issuance on the edge","description":"Reports progress as Server-Sent Events. The domain and credentials are taken from the\nsettings, so no parameters are needed.","operationId":"stream_proxy_acme","responses":{"200":{"description":"Server-Sent Event stream with setup progress. Each event carries the current step name and its result.","content":{"text/event-stream":{"schema":{"type":"string"}}}},"401":{"description":"Session is missing or invalid.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse"}}}},"403":{"description":"Requires admin privileges.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ApiErrorResponse"}}}}}}}}}
```