Hi, On Ubuntu 22.04.1 After certbot run /usr/bin/certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges dns -m 'domain@exemple.com' -d '*.exemple.com' --agree-tos -n --manual-auth-hook /root/letsencrypt/certbot-hooked.sh it creates automatically a task Certbot has set up a scheduled task to automati…

[image] Lets.Decrypt: Is there a way (e.g. an option) for certbot not to create that task? Certbot itself has not created those tasks, but the installation method of Certbot has. A small and possibly arbitrary, but a difference nontheless. E.g., when installing Certbot using the pip method, n…

As a note, for your scheduled task, it's a good idea to use some randomness in the execution time, or at least don't pick midnight UTC. :slight_smile: [image] Brief overloads at midnight UTC (a request for help!) Client dev L…

In case anyone didn't get the memo: "Midnight" can occur 24 times per day - LOL So, don't chose the top of any hour to run the job.

But I believe there is only one UTC Midnight (@ 00:00:00 24 hour time) per day also. :slightly_smiling_face:

Certbot creates a "task" automatically . Can it be prevented?

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MikeMcQ August 12, 2022, 1:47pm 2

I don't know of a way to not create the timer but this post describes how to disable the certbot timer

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