From 60a6470a6921b2e4dbed41b95110aa4e963be947 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Romina Brown <romina.brown@cure.edu.uy>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:12:26 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Change pre/post hook templates

---
 README.md                        | 5 +++++
 defaults/main.yml                | 3 +++
 tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40d147a..024d5d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ Services that should be stopped while `certbot` runs it's own standalone server
 
 These services will only be stopped the first time a new cert is generated.
 
+    certbot_pre_hook_template: stop_services.j2
+    certbot_post_hook_template: start_services.j2
+
+If you need to stop and start services in another way, firstly you define these services in `certbot_create_standalone_stop_services` and then you must create your own templates for this mision and set its paths in `certbot_pre_hook_template` and `certbot_post_hook_template`.
+
 ### Snap Installation
 
 Beginning in December 2020, the Certbot maintainers decided to recommend installing Certbot from Snap rather than maintain scripts like `certbot-auto`.
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 3f29db0..b6d9e0f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@ certbot_keep_updated: true
 
 # Where to put Certbot when installing from source.
 certbot_dir: /opt/certbot
+
+certbot_pre_hook_template: stop_services.j2
+certbot_post_hook_template: start_services.j2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml b/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
index c04eb52..77d86f3 100644
--- a/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
+++ b/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 - name: Create pre hook to stop services.
   template:
-    src: stop_services.j2
+    src: "{{ certbot_pre_hook_template }}"
     dest: /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/pre/stop_services
     owner: root
     group: root
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 - name: Create post hook to start services.
   template:
-    src: start_services.j2
+    src: "{{ certbot_post_hook_template }}"
     dest: /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/start_services
     owner: root
     group: root