[Moderator’s note: This post is from 2015. Since then, the letsencrypt command has been renamed certbot, and you can renew by running “certbot renew” . You can also add that command to your crontab: $ sudo crontab -e # Add this to the crontab and save it: * 7,19 * * * certbot -q renew ] Hi, I c…

as far as I read it isnt implemented yet. you could make some mods to the client and/or let it run as cron maybe that might help.

i put a multi script on root’s crontab, easy

An example: crontab –e @monthly /your_path/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-auto --config /etc/letsencrypt/cli.ini -d yourdomain.com -d www. yourdomain.com certonly && service apache2 reload Content of cli.ini: authenticator = webroot webroot-path = /var/www/ server = https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.o…

To be honest, I call the below script in crontab. # Renew Let's Encrypt SSL cert …

[image] mikeskril: To be honest, I call the below script in crontab. Sweet.. thanks for that, I borrowed your idea too now https://community.centminmod.com/posts/20800/ :smiley:

@eva2000 i like your script, but… if it fail to rennovate at 60 day send a mail to EMAIL in /etc/letsencrypt/webroot.ini. what about first use expirydate and then letencrypt? maybe more failsafe , example : -cron launch a scripit every 3 day . in this script something like : if expirydate<15 r…

ah interesting idea so to keep checking number of days till expiry before triggering an actual auto renew :slight_smile:

cheers @Nemis I changed my cron file routine for letsencrypt ssl certificate auto renewal to check certificate expiry date every 9 days and run auto renewal only if certificate expiry date is less than 30 days. This will ensure if auto renewal fails for some reason on either side, that there’s 29/9…

Why not check every day/run? :smile:

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i am doing the same as @mikeskril via webroot and cronjob for nginx web server http://centminmod.com/letsencrypt-freessl.html#autorenew

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