Use cerbot as python code, and not as command

yuriy_ch · July 18, 2024, 7:40am

Hi.
Is it possible to use cerbot as python code, and not as command?

I work with certbot, and I use python. Certbot can display some interactive messages during it's execution. But for python more usefull are errors instead of these messages.

Osiris · July 18, 2024, 8:55am

Short answer: it's possible, but it's poorly documented.

jvanasco · July 18, 2024, 1:57pm

It is possible but not recommended. Please reference this discussion from last week: The way to call ACME procedure from python

yuriy_ch · July 22, 2024, 2:18pm

Thanks! This is helpful. I think, I will call command from within python.

Also, I find this example how to make all by code:

github.com

certbot/certbot/blob/master/acme/examples/http01_example.py

"""Example ACME-V2 API for HTTP-01 challenge.

Brief:

This a complete usage example of the python-acme API.

Limitations of this example:
    - Works for only one Domain name
    - Performs only HTTP-01 challenge
    - Uses ACME-v2

Workflow:
    (Account creation)
    - Create account key
    - Register account and accept TOS
    (Certificate actions)
    - Select HTTP-01 within offered challenges by the CA server
    - Set up http challenge resource
    - Set up standalone web server
    - Create domain private key and CSR

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It seems easy.

jvanasco · July 22, 2024, 3:21pm

Yes. Please note, that is not invoking Certbot with Python - but the ACME library the Certbot developers use and maintain. If you have any issues with that, there are many other ACME libraries available on PyPi.

Using an ACME library is what most people who want to invoke Certbot within Python actually want to do. The bulk of Certbot's code is for managing nginx/apache installations and the user interface, not as an ACME client.

system · August 21, 2024, 3:21pm

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