I installed Letsencrypt Certificates for my website end of July 2020, I believe. Looking into a comment line of the generated cerificates it says:
## Your cert will expire on 2020-10-20. 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"
Examining the certificate with a browser by accessing the website, it says that it is valid until Dec, 19th, 2020.
Another thing I'm wondering about is that files and directories in /etc/letsencrypt
are carrying timestamps of Sept 21. I don't recall to have them touched in that time.
You can see your certificate histories using the following links:
Can you upload that certificate file using the upload button (down to the right when creating a message) so that we can take a look at it? A certificate contains nothing private so you need not worry about privacy.
Thanks. Maybe I installed already an update mechanism without being aware of it when I first time installed Letsencrypt? BTW, I don't see an upload button when composing this message.
What should I look for when you are mentioning an "autorenewal task"?
EDIT: I found /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/*.conf
containing sections for
"renew_before_expiry = 30 days" and
"Options used in the renewal process"
Now, which process is doing the renewal?
Running certbot using --apache instructs certbot to both acquire and install a certificate using apache as well as set up a task using cron or systemd to periodically run certbot renew, which will update any certificates expiring within 30 days.
Regarding the other parts of your reply: Running certbot using --apache instructs certbot to both acquire and install a certificate using apache as well as set up a task using cron or systemd to periodically run certbot renew , which will update any certificates expiring within 30 days.
Thanks, this clarifies it.
And another question: why upload the certificate when it is issued by the site anyway. You could see it in the browser.
I just discovered the upload symbol in the tool bar (just not in the lower right corner
(difference between computer vs. mobile?)
Many thanks for sorting this out. I'm glad to know that the autorenew mechanism is active and can life carelessly for the future to come. At least what this issue is concerned