Why is there a certbot AND letsencrypt config file in /etc/cron.d/certbot?

godfuture · 27. Mai 2018

Hey guys,

I wondered why there are two cron configs for my openmediavault-letsencrypt plugin. Is letsencrypt using the certbot and therefore dependent on this certbot cron config? Or is this just by accident one of them is redundant?
I haven't installed the certbot actively.

Bash: openmediavault-letsencrypt

@monthly root omv-rpc "LetsEncrypt" "generateCertificate" "{\"command\":\"renew\"}" >/dev/null 2>&1

Bash: certbot

0 */12 * * * root test -x /usr/bin/certbot -a \! -d /run/systemd/system && perl -e 'sleep int(rand(43200))' && certbot -q renew

Hopefully someone knows!

ryecoaaron · 27. Mai 2018

Zitat von godfuture

Is letsencrypt using the certbot and therefore dependent on this certbot cron config? Or is this just by accident one of them is redundant?

Yes, the plugin uses certbot. The first cron job is added by the plugin to renew your cert. I don't know where the second one came from but it won't do everything needed for OMV to use the cert.

godfuture · 28. Mai 2018

Understood. As I only installed the omv-letsencrypt plugin, I will delete the /etc/cron.d/certbot file. Maybe it got installed with certbot?

Thank you!

ryecoaaron · 28. Mai 2018

Zitat von godfuture

Maybe it got installed with certbot?

That cronjob is in the newer certbot package. It doesn't hurt to leave it especially since it will be added back when upgrading certbot.

Why is there a certbot AND letsencrypt config file in /etc/cron.d/certbot?

Jetzt mitmachen!

Tags