# weekly\_certbot\_enable="YES"?

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weekly-certbot-enable-yes/119707>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 16, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weekly-certbot-enable-yes/119707 "2020-04-16T14:37:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![testit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@testit](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/testit)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weekly-certbot-enable-yes/119707/1 "2020-04-16T14:37:29Z")

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Hi,

I installed certbot under FreeBSD 10 and 11 and got following message:

> In order to automatically renew the certificates, add this line to  
> /etc/periodic.conf: weekly\_certbot\_enable="YES"

Does that mean I will not need a cronjob?  
Or what is triggered by _weekly\_certbot\_enable="YES"_

Thanks in advance  
testit

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**Author:** ![Osiris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/839c29/32.png) [@Osiris](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Osiris)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weekly-certbot-enable-yes/119707/2 "2020-04-16T18:35:43Z")

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> [@testit](#):
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> Does that mean I will not need a cronjob?

That seems to be the case indeed.

> [@testit](#):
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> Or what is triggered by _weekly\_certbot\_enable=“YES”_

The FreeBSD binary package installs (among others) the file `/usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/500.certbot`. In this file, it states:

> # Automatically renew Let's Encrypt certificates each week

It also mentions the variable `weekly_certbot_enable`.

The script seems to take care of renewals.

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**Author:** ![testit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@testit](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/testit)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weekly-certbot-enable-yes/119707/3 "2020-04-16T19:07:04Z")

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Thanks for your explaination!

In FreeBSD 11.3 I can find the  
500.certbot  
in  
I find /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/

In FreeBSD 10.4 it obviously is not installed there.

Kind regards  
testit

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**Author:** ![Osiris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/839c29/32.png) [@Osiris](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Osiris)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weekly-certbot-enable-yes/119707/4 "2020-04-16T20:29:11Z")

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> [@testit](#):
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> In FreeBSD 10.4 it obviously is not installed there.

Even so, if the package for FreeBSD mentions the text you quoted about `weekly_certbot_enable` like you said, I'm pretty sure the package also makes sure something is done with that variable. Perhaps in another directory, I don't know.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weekly-certbot-enable-yes/119707/5 "2020-05-16T20:29:13Z")

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