I just installed Let’s Encrypt certificate on my Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial server using: sudo letsencrypt --apache -d mydomain.com -d www.mydomain.com Everything works fine and I also set up a cron job to automatically renew the certificate: 30 4 * * * /usr/bin/letsencrypt renew >> /var/log/le-renew.lo…

In the general case, you do have to reload apache. However the apache plugin with the tls-sni validation method does reload apache twice as a side effects of the validation procedure, and the second reload happen after the new certificate has been retrieved. In this particular case reloading apach…

Ok, thanks for quick answer! Do you know does the apache plugin initiate reload or (graceful) restart? If it’s reload, then everything should run fine since it just reloads configuration files without shutting down. Just want to be sure.

I think it reloads and does not restart, but maybe someone can give you a sure answer…

An Apache “reload” defaults to a graceful restart on Gentoo. The other “reload” option is a non-graceful restart :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: So much for “reloading”, it all comes down to a restart somehow with Gentoo… But this might differ on your distribution obviously.

Do I need to reload or restart apache after renew?

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Do I need to reload or restart apache after renew?

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