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--- certbot [2019-12-28 17:54:10]
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+++ certbot [2022-12-13 12:26:37] (current)
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 = certbot
-== Install in Jessie
+== Install
+=== install in Jessie
 For Debian 8 (Jessie):
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 Not sure if adding this is useful: ''certbot-auto --install-only''
-== Install in Stretch
+=== install in Stretch
 For Debian 9 (Stretch):
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 This will aslo create the ''/etc/letsencrypt/'' and ''/var/lib/letsencrypt/'' directories if needed
-=== On a separate IP address
+Apache can be configured to [[https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/bind.html|listen on specific IPs:ports]] (''Listen IP:port'' in ''/etc/apache2/ports.conf'').
-If a web server is running, but the certificate should be delivered for another IP/name on that host:
+Or it is possible to use a temporary standalone server started by letsencrypt. The ''--standalone'' option will start it on all IPs. The ''--webroot'' option starts it only on a specific IP.
-  * configure Apache to only [[https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/bind.html|listen on specific IPs:ports]] (''Listen IP:port'' in ''/etc/apache2/ports.conf'')
+=== Get certificate on specific IP
-  * start a separate web server:
+The ''python3 -m http.server'' command with the ''--bind'' option can only take a single IP. Without the option, it binds to all IPs.
 <code>
 dir=/var/lib/letsencrypt/tmpwww
-ip=a.b.c.d ## <-- IP to be used for validation
+ip=1.2.3.4
-name=ftp.example.com
+name="example.com,www.example.com"
-email=letsencrypt@example.com
+email=admin.letsencrypt@example.com
 mkdir -p "$dir"
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 </code>
-  certbot-auto certonly --test-cert --webroot --webroot-path "$dir" -d $name -n --agree-tos -m $email
+If needed, open firewall on http port 80. Or if scripts exist already, add these hooks to the certbot commands below:
-If needed, add firewall scripts to open/close ports:
 <code>
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 </code>
-After testing, to replace certificate with a real one:
+Test with dry-run:
+  certbot-auto certonly --dry-run --webroot --webroot-path "$dir" -d $name -n --agree-tos -m $email
+Do it:
+  certbot-auto certonly --webroot --webroot-path "$dir" -d $name -n --agree-tos -m $email
+And finally, stop the standalone web server:
+  kill $pid
+Renewals should now work automatically with the cron job and scripts in /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/
+=== Renewal-hooks
+These will be used automatically on renew if placed in ''/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/pre'' and ''.../post'' dirs.
+==== /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/pre
+<file bash fw-certbot-open>#!/bin/bash
+# Open firewall to let certbot renew certificates
+me=$(basename "$0")
+logger -t "$me" "Opening port 80 for certbot"
+iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j NFLOG --nflog-prefix  "nfl:ok-certbot "
+iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -m comment --comment "Allow HTTP for certbot"
+</file>
+<file bash certbot-webroot-start>#!/bin/bash
+# Create webroot and web server for certbot renewal
+me=$(basename "$0")
+dir=/var/lib/letsencrypt/tmpwww
+ips="1.2.3.4 10.11.12.13" ## <-- IPs to be used for validation
+mkdir -p "$dir"
+cd "$dir"
+declare -a pids
+for ip in $ips; do
+	logger -t "$me" "Starting server on $ip in $dir"
+	nohup python3 -m http.server --bind $ip 80 &>/dev/null &
+	pid=$!
+	pids+=($pid)
+	echo "$pid" > "$dir/certbot-webroot-$$-$pid.pid"
+done
+</file>
+==== /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post
+<file bash fw-certbot-open>#!/bin/bash
+# Removing firewall rules created for certbot renew certificates
+me=$(basename "$0")
+logger -t "$me" "Closing port 80 opened for certbot"
+iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j NFLOG --nflog-prefix  "nfl:ok-certbot "
+iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -m comment --comment "Allow HTTP for certbot"
+</file>
+<file bash certbot-webroot-stop>#!/bin/bash
+# Stop webroot web server used for certbot renewal
+me=$(basename "$0")
+dir=/var/lib/letsencrypt/tmpwww
+for f in $dir/certbot-webroot-*.pid; do
+	logger -t "$me" "Stopping server with pid in $f"
+	kill $(< "$f") && rm "$f"
+	# or?: # kill $(ps ax | grep '[p]ython3 -m http.server' | awk '{print $1}')
+done
+</file>
+==== /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy
+<file bash reload>#!/bin/bash
+# Reloading services to refresh certificates
+me=$(basename "$0")
+logger -t "$me" "Reloading postfix to refresh certificates."
+postfix reload
+(( $? != 0 )) && logger -t "$me" "ERROR with postfix reload."
+logger -t "$me" "Reloading dovecot to refresh certificates."
+doveadm reload
+(( $? != 0 )) && logger -t "$me" "ERROR with doveadm reload."
+logger -t "$me" "Reloading Apache to refresh certificates."
+apachectl -t >/dev/null && apachectl graceful
+(( $? != 0 )) && logger -t "$me" "ERROR with apachectl."
+exit 0
+</file>
+Once [[https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/6722|this]] has been fixed, these variables might also be used, eg. for logging:
+  logger -t "$me" "CERTBOT_DOMAIN=$CERTBOT_DOMAIN, CERTBOT_VALIDATION=$CERTBOT_VALIDATION, CERTBOT_TOKEN=$CERTBOT_TOKEN, CERTBOT_AUTH_OUTPUT=$CERTBOT_AUTH_OUTPUT"
+===Other options:
+  certbot-auto renew --cert-name $name --force-renewal
+  --test-cert
-  certbot-auto renew --cert-name $name --force-renewal --server https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
+See them all with ''certbot-auto --help all | less''
 See also:
+  * [[https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/http.server.html#http-server-cli]] "By default, server uses the current directory. The option -d/--directory ( new in version 3.7 ) specifies a directory to which it should serve the files. For example, the following command uses a specific directory: ''python -m http.server --directory /tmp/'' "
   * [[https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/255|Standalone configurator: Dealing with existing processes that are listening on some, but not all, interfaces · Issue #255 · certbot/certbot]]
   * [[https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/1515|Bind on a specific interface · Issue #1515 · certbot/certbot]] ( https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/1515#issuecomment-193790398 )
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   * [[https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/3489|Ability to set source IP · Issue #3489 · certbot/certbot]]
   * [[https://github.com/certbot/certbot/pull/6007|WIP commit of adding a --source-address flag. by signop · Pull Request #6007 · certbot/certbot]]
+== Add host to existing certificate
+View existing cert.
+  certbot certificates
+Copy all hosts in existing cert. into comma-separated list, and add the new host. Then:
+  certbot --expand -d main.example.com,other.example.com,new.example.com
+(Found on [[https://superuser.com/questions/1432541|How to add a domain to existing certificate generated by Let’s Encrypt/Certbot?]])
 == Configs
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 ===== Use cron instead of systemd timers =====
+I prefer crontab to the default systemd timers. So to disable the timers and use crontab instead:
 <code bash>
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 m=$(( RANDOM % 60 )); h=$(( RANDOM % 24 )); d=$(( RANDOM % 7 ))
-echo "## Let's Encrypt SSL certificate renewal with certbot" | tee -a /etc/crontab
+echo "## Let's Encrypt SSL cert. renewal, once per week" | tee -a /etc/crontab
-echo "$m $h * * $d root /usr/bin/certbot -q renew"           | tee -a /etc/crontab
+echo "$m $h * * $d root /usr/bin/certbot -q renew"       | tee -a /etc/crontab
-# or
-echo "$m $h * * $d root certbot-auto -q renew"               | tee -a /etc/crontab
 # dom=$(( 1+ RANDOM % 31 )) mon=$(( 1+ RANDOM % 12 ))

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