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+Notes
+-----
+
+- The certificate key file must be readable by the "plugins" group, as Nginx is
+  run by the "www-adm" user and "www-adm" is in the "plugins" group.
+
+- The file nagios-plugins.crt includes our certificate, followed by the StartSSL
+  intermediate¹ certificate, followed by the root² certificate.
+
+¹ https://www.startssl.com/certs/sub.class1.server.ca.pem
+² https://www.startssl.com/certs/ca.pem