Cron Nginx Reload

[eatyourpeas747]

My domain is: follett.oneidacsd.org

My web server is (include version):The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu 18.04.1

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you’re using Certbot): 0.28.0

I am trying to reload nginx after I load a new certificate but it doesnt seem to work in my /etc/cron.d/certbot I have the following:
0 */12 * * * root test -x /usr/bin/certbot -a ! -d /run/systemd/system && perl -e ‘sleep int(rand(43200))’ && certbot -q renew --renew-hook “service nginx reload”

If I run certbot -q renew --renew-hook “service nginx reload” from the terminal manually it works. Am I missing something simple here?

[mnordhoff]

The issue is that the cron job doesn’t do anything on OSes using systemd, like Ubuntu 18.04.

I’d suggest putting service nginx reload (or systemctl reload nginx) in a shell script in /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/. Then it will automatically run with certbot renew without having to change the command line.

You can modify or disable the systemd timer, but I think that’s more of a hassle because it might be replaced next time the package is upgraded.

[eatyourpeas747]

Ill give that a shot. Thanks