How can run certbot only for a test?

[danjde]

Hi Friends!
Probably a silly question:

I’ve made some relevant changes to some virtualhosts but not added domains, how I could test now if certbot will be able to carry out correctly the next renewal, without waiting for the next three months?

Many thanks!

Davide

[orangepizza]

--dry-run flag does that.

[mnordhoff]

It tests whether you can get certificates.

If you’re using the Apache or Nginx plugins to install certificates, it doesn’t test that aspect.

If you’re not, phew! --dry-run will do everything you need.

If you are, it’s trickier. You could force a real renewal with certbot renew --force-renewal, but it’s obviously a bad idea to do that frequently.

[danjde]

@mnordhoff

It tests whether you can get certificates.

Perfect, this is exactly what i was looking for!

Obviously this command option is not stored and replicated in the next automatic renewal

Thanks @orangepizza and @mnordhoff