Hi.
I use certbot for auto renew my certificates.
And in the cron task I noticed “random slep”:
0 */12 * * * test -x /usr/bin/certbot -a \! -d /run/systemd/system && perl -e 'sleep int(rand(43200))' && certbot -q renew
Can anyone explain me why need this random slep?
Hi @perrfect
the answer is simple.
It's not a good idea if 1000 clients start to create a certificate on 00:00, 01:00 etc.
So a random sleep is added.
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If not, there exists the potential for thousands, if not millions, of systems to attempt to renew at the exact same time.
[creates a self-imposed denial of service - twice a day - or at the top of each hour - many time zones]
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Thank you so much for your reply
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