diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pages.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/pages.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24f83d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pages.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Place all the behaviors and hooks related to the matching controller here.
+# All this logic will automatically be available in application.js.
+# You can use CoffeeScript in this file: http://coffeescript.org/
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31cb8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Place all the styles related to the Pages controller here.
+// They will automatically be included in application.css.
+// You can use Sass (SCSS) here: http://sass-lang.com/
diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..072acb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class PagesController < ApplicationController
+  def letsencrypt
+		render text: "key goes here..."
+  end
+end
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/app/helpers/pages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/pages_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c057fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/pages_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module PagesHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/views/pages/letsencrypt.html.erb b/app/views/pages/letsencrypt.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b3acca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/pages/letsencrypt.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<h1>Pages#letsencrypt</h1>
+<p>Find me in app/views/pages/letsencrypt.html.erb</p>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f336c96..58dd04b 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  get 'pages/letsencrypt'
+
   get 'welcome/index'
 
   # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> highest priority.
@@ -7,6 +9,10 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   # You can have the root of your site routed with "root"
   root 'welcome#index'
 
+  # Static pages controller
+  # controller for letsencrypt
+  get '/.well-known/acme-challenge/:id' => 'pages#letsencrypt'
+
   # Example of regular route:
   #   get 'products/:id' => 'catalog#view'
 
diff --git a/test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cda4aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class PagesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
+  test "should get letsencrypt" do
+    get :letsencrypt
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+end