Manual auth hook not called when using --staging

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My domain is: noojee.org

I ran this command:
certbot ‘–manual’, ‘–preferred-challenges=dns’, ‘-m’, ‘me@my.com.au’, ‘-d’, ‘slayer.noojee.org’, ‘–agree-tos’, ‘–manual-public-ip-logging-ok’, ‘–non-interactive’, ‘–manual-auth-hook=/home/bin/certbot_hooks/dns_auth’, ‘–manual-cleanup-hook=/home/bin/certbot_hooks/dns_cleanup’, ‘–work-dir=/etc/letsencrypt/work’, ‘–config-dir=/etc/letsencrypt/config’, ‘–logs-dir=/etc/letsencrypt/logs’, ‘–staging’

It produced this output:
The command works correctly and a certificate is obtained.

The problem is that I’m trying to test my dns auth hook and it appears that once I successfully acquired a certificate that certbot no longer calls the dns auth hooks.

Complete logs at end.

During testing I need to have certbot call the auth hook every time.

My web server is (include version):
nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Ubuntu 20.04

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
namecheap

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don’t know):
yes

I’m using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):
no.

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

certbot 0.40.0

Interfaces: IAuthenticator, IPlugin
Entry point: manual = certbot.plugins.manual:Authenticator
Initialized: <certbot.plugins.manual.Authenticator object at 0x7f9108144160>
Prep: True
2020-07-28 14:17:22,187:DEBUG:certbot.plugins.selection:Selected authenticator <certbot.plugins.manual.Authenticator object at 0x7f9108144160> and installer None
2020-07-28 14:17:22,187:INFO:certbot.plugins.selection:Plugins selected: Authenticator manual, Installer None
2020-07-28 14:17:22,189:DEBUG:certbot.main:Picked account: <Account(RegistrationResource(body=Registration(key=None, contact=(), agreement=None, status=None, terms_of_service_agreed=None, only_return_existing=None, external_account_binding=None), uri='https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/14834518', new_authzr_uri=None, terms_of_service=None), a474c3171bb8388595a6d1cfa040e26c, Meta(creation_dt=datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 24, 5, 24, 31, tzinfo=<UTC>), creation_host='slayer4'))>
2020-07-28 14:17:22,189:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending GET request to https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory.
2020-07-28 14:17:22,190:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443
2020-07-28 14:17:23,040:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "GET /directory HTTP/1.1" 200 724
2020-07-28 14:17:23,041:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:17:22 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 724
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800

{
  "keyChange": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/key-change",
  "meta": {
    "caaIdentities": [
      "letsencrypt.org"
    ],
    "termsOfService": "https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.2-November-15-2017.pdf",
    "website": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/"
  },
  "newAccount": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-acct",
  "newNonce": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-nonce",
  "newOrder": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order",
  "revokeCert": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/revoke-cert",
  "tSjy7Tofxig": "https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/adding-random-entries-to-the-directory/33417"
}
2020-07-28 14:17:23,041:INFO:certbot.main:Obtaining a new certificate
2020-07-28 14:17:23,065:DEBUG:certbot.crypto_util:Generating key (2048 bits): /etc/letsencrypt/config/keys/0019_key-certbot.pem
2020-07-28 14:17:23,067:DEBUG:certbot.crypto_util:Creating CSR: /etc/letsencrypt/config/csr/0019_csr-certbot.pem
2020-07-28 14:17:23,067:DEBUG:acme.client:Requesting fresh nonce
2020-07-28 14:17:23,067:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending HEAD request to https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-nonce.
2020-07-28 14:17:23,276:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "HEAD /acme/new-nonce HTTP/1.1" 200 0
2020-07-28 14:17:23,277:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:17:23 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: <https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory>;rel="index"
Replay-Nonce: 0001XxXKQTuD3hQCgwsPFpH-xJxBI_OI0ziFm0P5omX1flE
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800


2020-07-28 14:17:23,277:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: 0001XxXKQTuD3hQCgwsPFpH-xJxBI_OI0ziFm0P5omX1flE
2020-07-28 14:17:23,277:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b'{\n  "identifiers": [\n    {\n      "type": "dns",\n      "value": "slayer.noojee.org"\n    }\n  ]\n}'
2020-07-28 14:17:23,278:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order:
{
  "protected": "eyJhbGciOiAiUlMyNTYiLCAia2lkIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS1zdGFnaW5nLXYwMi5hcGkubGV0c2VuY3J5cHQub3JnL2FjbWUvYWNjdC8xNDgzNDUxOCIsICJub25jZSI6ICIwMDAxWHhYS1FUdUQzaFFDZ3dzUEZwSC14SnhCSV9PSTB6aUZtMFA1b21YMWZsRSIsICJ1cmwiOiAiaHR0cHM6Ly9hY21lLXN0YWdpbmctdjAyLmFwaS5sZXRzZW5jcnlwdC5vcmcvYWNtZS9uZXctb3JkZXIifQ",
  "signature": "PUXgWSPY8ZzQ4m1x7isdqKMxngJdA6y-PwW9tMeVt27RwxkWI4E3upxxIZ6FldnRT_z13fnFfIaSpp5-DPY3xj9yvCvwwRqTSn3_m3nI54s46RHXNNx2RZnzwxKQP-4GcD44zBrPeJlC-ngTveRT7qrcJlK-3eTgnyxlYE72bmJt1cvqyOgEfPdOPMXqsTDV8JNI8s3B3juyrqBizN3MN7CGmEnbZBdNX_-a4x1Nd9-xhh6lv1Z__kiQEOh-B_--cC6pilZa7QwsdDwBGsyg6J-Un_xr86e-oPhf2AfYkASpkudj6EGuhNfeixGxDmi-ZIcSoIeWqdlJLG4qzZJgGg",
  "payload": "ewogICJpZGVudGlmaWVycyI6IFsKICAgIHsKICAgICAgInR5cGUiOiAiZG5zIiwKICAgICAgInZhbHVlIjogInNsYXllci5ub29qZWUub3JnIgogICAgfQogIF0KfQ"
}
2020-07-28 14:17:23,504:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/new-order HTTP/1.1" 201 358
2020-07-28 14:17:23,504:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 201
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:17:23 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 358
Connection: keep-alive
Boulder-Requester: 14834518
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: <https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory>;rel="index"
Location: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/order/14834518/121986950
Replay-Nonce: 0002eDIWs_AdfgCOp-MnvHoA0U5TbGDIF64QQQQp9yq7oYA
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800

{
  "status": "ready",
  "expires": "2020-08-04T04:17:23.391552568Z",
  "identifiers": [
    {
      "type": "dns",
      "value": "slayer.noojee.org"
    }
  ],
  "authorizations": [
    "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/83453523"
  ],
  "finalize": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/finalize/14834518/121986950"
}
2020-07-28 14:17:23,504:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: 0002eDIWs_AdfgCOp-MnvHoA0U5TbGDIF64QQQQp9yq7oYA
2020-07-28 14:17:23,505:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b''
2020-07-28 14:17:23,506:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/83453523:
{
  "protected": "eyJhbGciOiAiUlMyNTYiLCAia2lkIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS1zdGFnaW5nLXYwMi5hcGkubGV0c2VuY3J5cHQub3JnL2FjbWUvYWNjdC8xNDgzNDUxOCIsICJub25jZSI6ICIwMDAyZURJV3NfQWRmZ0NPcC1NbnZIb0EwVTVUYkdESUY2NFFRUVFwOXlxN29ZQSIsICJ1cmwiOiAiaHR0cHM6Ly9hY21lLXN0YWdpbmctdjAyLmFwaS5sZXRzZW5jcnlwdC5vcmcvYWNtZS9hdXRoei12My84MzQ1MzUyMyJ9",
  "signature": "TdIRHw98GOhFyGl-8_sh5sXia94iTFgC2d-IRYkRIHLaxBCfCA--W3OxzhXnDaaWOhlItNwXw2LP68kS7G9qijiLhaagmENfcjbVs75Kplcz-a844VESCbPC6MqxKC3l12lsfUBY6BCcfWDV3aexurLB76a8qsqW1lAeoTKEA_EognANa5bQ1u0pbiW80ADGN-ei-_YgLHkBN5T7cTfHdnfD-PRISM5vOAh34WOOs5inTk25mYFI-qWrKGOORWCVdzbkw4i2zAUSE4fYnHPQoNEG1uXeK5ygDY8AbddFMsLdYVAK8NrKdeY_SgaQHk3TXnBm4rIxm7mx7eUfpSxlmw",
  "payload": ""
}
2020-07-28 14:17:23,718:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/authz-v3/83453523 HTTP/1.1" 200 727
2020-07-28 14:17:23,718:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:17:23 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 727
Connection: keep-alive
Boulder-Requester: 14834518
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: <https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory>;rel="index"
Replay-Nonce: 0002ODmOe0sUm17PL9vnZz16putcIEZxGusUYDfn6PMstR4
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800

{
  "identifier": {
    "type": "dns",
    "value": "slayer.noojee.org"
  },
  "status": "valid",
  "expires": "2020-08-26T05:51:07Z",
  "challenges": [
    {
      "type": "http-01",
      "status": "valid",
      "url": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/chall-v3/83453523/ZksApw",
      "token": "RDgx7jzLq2Mg9F59vD0gLeTac-4t6qo4NJvDcQ3P7Mg",
      "validationRecord": [
        {
          "url": "http://slayer.noojee.org/.well-known/acme-challenge/RDgx7jzLq2Mg9F59vD0gLeTac-4t6qo4NJvDcQ3P7Mg",
          "hostname": "slayer.noojee.org",
          "port": "80",
          "addressesResolved": [
            "14.201.92.199"
          ],
          "addressUsed": "14.201.92.199"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
2020-07-28 14:17:23,718:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: 0002ODmOe0sUm17PL9vnZz16putcIEZxGusUYDfn6PMstR4
2020-07-28 14:17:23,719:DEBUG:certbot.client:CSR: CSR(file='/etc/letsencrypt/config/csr/0019_csr-certbot.pem', data=b'-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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\nlVkahFJtBeY=\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\n', form='pem')
2020-07-28 14:17:23,719:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b'{\n  "resource": "new-cert",\n  "csr": "MIICdDCCAVwCAQIwADCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAKi1Oqt8ZRetGwVWoihd_mj1SZo_e1Ztpg_PC_WixhH57i769fy4USIRqHH2P33te2gbyw8zm87zgSVaYv_fPB5iZ84rF2oLrlGEvn9DnHMS-qQXvtAb_c7VEcax5d4kjYSWX5i3OCpnDB2ghwzUO4ZXDL9BCekQZUSKEHiZOrw_h-6FfnBVLCwfPMfePX7RFEkNSWTXYkTLx3TLYQKsu8fyOXenFgUSF5ZgwWB4LhsD0VAYPcZ2N7uR2yBiXiDYohXIkkiqgW3KjkJ8mH9qrOxLmSssxavTlLwaSstMnOwPymmSZ80f6hIYnTnCSeIxJIMu28nR_zuOP8WK4HH9_m0CAwEAAaAvMC0GCSqGSIb3DQEJDjEgMB4wHAYDVR0RBBUwE4IRc2xheWVyLm5vb2plZS5vcmcwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBAIEphuPjFSqGn5r12BVeLODopBYdhwMsFKd7pTdwWVlw49XgU-qJAzSKmdpHq6Vc_tIlg8VvYlURDbwaih_U8R3gaN6FsRTw3kw3Q3XLsUTqFvJZodCz9IZE7smZ1FMPoRuoVWY22aCDLccL3jCazI1RWw-e30IZ4Eoj_0lIgm0_W7c3aSSsSsnttXAMXX88P_fXB0aAH6p3MNhFS_4AoszQcsQ2FggRHDqxxnFjG0PSI0K0641CUg4iG9WyNmJHef2wRfCJ8VVLx6Q0kdpteMA7gXlQWS_s4ZT5IeQ9i1Y8N-pueMuAQTsuGlbijpHsZ5-ZDflm-7F8lVkahFJtBeY"\n}'
2020-07-28 14:17:23,720:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/finalize/14834518/121986950:
{
  "protected": "eyJhbGciOiAiUlMyNTYiLCAia2lkIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS1zdGFnaW5nLXYwMi5hcGkubGV0c2VuY3J5cHQub3JnL2FjbWUvYWNjdC8xNDgzNDUxOCIsICJub25jZSI6ICIwMDAyT0RtT2Uwc1VtMTdQTDl2blp6MTZwdXRjSUVaeEd1c1VZRGZuNlBNc3RSNCIsICJ1cmwiOiAiaHR0cHM6Ly9hY21lLXN0YWdpbmctdjAyLmFwaS5sZXRzZW5jcnlwdC5vcmcvYWNtZS9maW5hbGl6ZS8xNDgzNDUxOC8xMjE5ODY5NTAifQ",
  "signature": "RVi36R5oawWY5r0PTX99wtm4u-FQCZX_oGokcENI86FSTSFhY-QP4-KeNrKNiN6aoh1MZK4mYUr2_-M5oN5RUiw5OrMKv_381t7Ht9xH2bbVsKeR5puxZTafNfmqF54MESEMWGjwRVvomet8kPl3LIfjYrN6sWQypb06SxMER5t5lqG3YN3YgUUsPqISoSQoErjgt5GOD2m34VEphvXaJU6Q0bAXkSGMv0Qb_KVH3CVAceb_HBZt265ylYmTTZOxS4bU4Gx5rSuR-_iIbUkvP_XhB19vw2QogQZ16Co6U6k7JxVSeqTF88Q6g_myQCUCzwWrdwpSe2o8DUxCupp0eg",
  "payload": "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"
}
2020-07-28 14:17:24,409:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/finalize/14834518/121986950 HTTP/1.1" 200 460
2020-07-28 14:17:24,409:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:17:24 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 460
Connection: keep-alive
Boulder-Requester: 14834518
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: <https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory>;rel="index"
Location: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/order/14834518/121986950
Replay-Nonce: 0002nK9-HlBdzcjx2nGowM8vvYk-YjCsF0Q9dfjSVlh6prA
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800

{
  "status": "valid",
  "expires": "2020-08-04T04:17:23Z",
  "identifiers": [
    {
      "type": "dns",
      "value": "slayer.noojee.org"
    }
  ],
  "authorizations": [
    "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/83453523"
  ],
  "finalize": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/finalize/14834518/121986950",
  "certificate": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/cert/fa6452755670e6763970b37a7d35646ff5e3"
}
2020-07-28 14:17:24,409:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: 0002nK9-HlBdzcjx2nGowM8vvYk-YjCsF0Q9dfjSVlh6prA
2020-07-28 14:17:25,410:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b''
2020-07-28 14:17:25,411:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/order/14834518/121986950:
{
  "protected": "eyJhbGciOiAiUlMyNTYiLCAia2lkIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS1zdGFnaW5nLXYwMi5hcGkubGV0c2VuY3J5cHQub3JnL2FjbWUvYWNjdC8xNDgzNDUxOCIsICJub25jZSI6ICIwMDAybks5LUhsQmR6Y2p4Mm5Hb3dNOHZ2WWstWWpDc0YwUTlkZmpTVmxoNnByQSIsICJ1cmwiOiAiaHR0cHM6Ly9hY21lLXN0YWdpbmctdjAyLmFwaS5sZXRzZW5jcnlwdC5vcmcvYWNtZS9vcmRlci8xNDgzNDUxOC8xMjE5ODY5NTAifQ",
  "signature": "qxQ5eEF877SOnjy5l8Di7-hWvz0HZEenSPF1e_lragLsHoFPWTruPTMomu6hmlaZHmXBlQpsmDf88rBIrz_O7O43z_FhHgf_yXBf_W6ZK7mgSBQTNuW85Fk9V7NpAd-Ps4ytkifg9hcgE82w04Awxp0-Yx4xV5RUTlKMjK69xjsMR-ahzds37fh41G2VrSEdKgwKwh22aKii9PcvnV1798jqKq0GQMdTa4S7GWdLbe_LiQ_3dw5WLeFmGuXTe73-FbY4lnpMj1v5MnjhnO61ATot6AJCwXbK5XCeb3ETkQdR72ByYvkUcYG-yLEQbayLYcujmKELxnzjQX7Jo1g8aQ",
  "payload": ""
}
2020-07-28 14:17:25,624:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/order/14834518/121986950 HTTP/1.1" 200 460
2020-07-28 14:17:25,625:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:17:25 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 460
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: <https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory>;rel="index"
Replay-Nonce: 0001AktCDzD9LHs-m0hoCcY4qY0ptsQpUC-wY01Kbfy6SIM
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800

{
  "status": "valid",
  "expires": "2020-08-04T04:17:23Z",
  "identifiers": [
    {
      "type": "dns",
      "value": "slayer.noojee.org"
    }
  ],
  "authorizations": [
    "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/83453523"
  ],
  "finalize": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/finalize/14834518/121986950",
  "certificate": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/cert/fa6452755670e6763970b37a7d35646ff5e3"
}
2020-07-28 14:17:25,625:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: 0001AktCDzD9LHs-m0hoCcY4qY0ptsQpUC-wY01Kbfy6SIM
2020-07-28 14:17:25,625:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b''
2020-07-28 14:17:25,626:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/cert/fa6452755670e6763970b37a7d35646ff5e3:
{
  "protected": "eyJhbGciOiAiUlMyNTYiLCAia2lkIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS1zdGFnaW5nLXYwMi5hcGkubGV0c2VuY3J5cHQub3JnL2FjbWUvYWNjdC8xNDgzNDUxOCIsICJub25jZSI6ICIwMDAxQWt0Q0R6RDlMSHMtbTBob0NjWTRxWTBwdHNRcFVDLXdZMDFLYmZ5NlNJTSIsICJ1cmwiOiAiaHR0cHM6Ly9hY21lLXN0YWdpbmctdjAyLmFwaS5sZXRzZW5jcnlwdC5vcmcvYWNtZS9jZXJ0L2ZhNjQ1Mjc1NTY3MGU2NzYzOTcwYjM3YTdkMzU2NDZmZjVlMyJ9",
  "signature": "WFSpjlpZIqpY-3h_hSeATiqVY9wl4rV5QTIZ3aFcW3EMzNoBV4iT6FRKCNznnvMCRS5nsMCwdAA25WvkqCwLb1y8FB09uuAvpdqpoher0HCSOvZ9-CP7mRGCHe92EQiW0yRjszsFJFBTwYjZihnvj4caVaZjFHzQi8ieSNO5rlC2z7mjL9KPfPdB4RxTRGIMVZdFKp1piU6U1xIzRiSLu8N2bxRUXOSc3F8sKXSx_i8fyb4cxxCILZv6p5axGMUORjF7wa8SlbeImt07VxkktU1Dl6NvwPnBsil95Z85E_UfZsd1eAJGbzYB0MdOc1gmc9XunanE3QLw7D1LV-KAYg",
  "payload": ""
}
2020-07-28 14:17:25,839:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/cert/fa6452755670e6763970b37a7d35646ff5e3 HTTP/1.1" 200 3554
2020-07-28 14:17:25,839:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:17:25 GMT
Content-Type: application/pem-certificate-chain
Content-Length: 3554
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: <https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory>;rel="index", <https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/cert/fa6452755670e6763970b37a7d35646ff5e3/1>;rel="alternate"
Replay-Nonce: 0001H6oL85J5jhhn9_2Q-W6gUciiDPqyYL808hMuzYmmaJA
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800

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-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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2020-07-28 14:17:25,839:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: 0001H6oL85J5jhhn9_2Q-W6gUciiDPqyYL808hMuzYmmaJA
2020-07-28 14:17:25,840:INFO:certbot.client:Non-standard path(s), might not work with crontab installed by your operating system package manager
2020-07-28 14:17:25,840:DEBUG:certbot.storage:Archive directory /etc/letsencrypt/config/archive/slayer.noojee.org and live directory /etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org created.
2020-07-28 14:17:25,840:DEBUG:certbot.storage:Writing certificate to /etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org/cert.pem.
2020-07-28 14:17:25,841:DEBUG:certbot.storage:Writing private key to /etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org/privkey.pem.
2020-07-28 14:17:25,841:DEBUG:certbot.storage:Writing chain to /etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org/chain.pem.
2020-07-28 14:17:25,841:DEBUG:certbot.storage:Writing full chain to /etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org/fullchain.pem.
2020-07-28 14:17:25,841:DEBUG:certbot.storage:Writing README to /etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org/README.
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.plugins.selection:Requested authenticator manual and installer <certbot.cli._Default object at 0x7f9108098100>
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var staging=True (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var server={'staging', 'dry_run'} (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var account={'server'} (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var pref_challs=dns (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var config_dir=/etc/letsencrypt/config (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var work_dir=/etc/letsencrypt/work (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var logs_dir=/etc/letsencrypt/logs (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var staging=True (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var server={'staging', 'dry_run'} (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var authenticator=manual (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,846:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var manual_auth_hook=/home/bin/certbot_hooks/dns_auth (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,847:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var manual_cleanup_hook=/home/bin/certbot_hooks/dns_cleanup (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,847:DEBUG:certbot.cli:Var manual_public_ip_logging_ok=True (set by user).
2020-07-28 14:17:25,847:DEBUG:certbot.storage:Writing new config /etc/letsencrypt/config/renewal/slayer.noojee.org.conf.
2020-07-28 14:17:25,848:DEBUG:certbot.reporter:Reporting to user: Congratulations! Your certificate and chain have been saved at:
/etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org/fullchain.pem
Your key file has been saved at:
/etc/letsencrypt/config/live/slayer.noojee.org/privkey.pem
Your cert will expire on 2020-10-26. To obtain a new or tweaked version of this certificate in the future, simply run certbot again. To non-interactively renew *all* of your certificates, run "certbot renew"
2

If you have a valid authorization for a domain on your account, Let's Encrypt will not make you repeat it for some period of time.

Use --dry-run. Since 0.40.0, Certbot explicitly deactivates existing valid authorizations when using this flag, in order to force authorizations to be completed from scratch every time.

3

Thanks for the info.

I’m not certain I agree with the decision on this one.

If I understand correctly the --dry-run switch won’t acquire certificates.

In order to do a complete test cycle I need to obtain the certificates and move them into place (as I’m using manual). The decision to not do a auth each time means that I can’t complete a simple test pass which checks the dns auth is working and my process to place the certicates is also working.

I’m building an docker container that contains nginx and lets encrypt. I have cli commands which acquire the cert, move the cert and then reconfigure nginx to use the certs. With the above limitation I can no longer do round trip testing.

4

I see.

--dry-run does acquire the certificates, but it discards them instead of saving them.

The only other way to force fresh authorizations is to register a new ACME account every time. But that is subject to the account registration rate limits.

5

Should I put in a feature request?

6

You can try, but I have my doubts about it being accepted. Reason being that my initial design for authorization deactivation was actually an explicit --deactivate-authorizations flag (which would help you in this case), but on review we changed it to be part of --dry-run instead.

You could also try run a small embedded ACME server like Pebble and point Certbot at that, but that really depends what you’re trying to achieve with an E2E test.

7

Pebble might have to do.

I do have to say this looks like a rather bad decision.

My understand is that staging is design to allow devs to test certificate acquisition. If I can’t do a full e2e test on demand then it feels like it has failed at its core premise.

8

Fair enough. I shouldn’t have discouraged you from making a feature request, it’s would in fact be good to get a record of it and other users who need it can chime in. https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues .

Thought I had in the shower - you could extend your integration test to do a certbot renew --dry-run. That would ensure that the hook is evaluated either 1 or 2 times, depending on ACME server state, and that renew actually works non-interactively.

9

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