@ -6,26 +6,27 @@ Installs Certbot (for Let's Encrypt) for RHEL/CentOS or Debian/Ubuntu.
## Requirements
Certbot requires Git to be installed. You can install Git using the `geerlingguy.git` role.
Certbot requires Git to be installed if one wants to install Certbot from Git repository instead of package management. You can install Git using the `geerlingguy.git` role.
Certbot code repository options. This role clones the agent from the configured repo, then makes the `certbot-auto` script executable.
Certbot Git repository options. This role clones the agent from the configured repo, then makes the `certbot-auto` script executable if `certbot_from_git` is `yes`. Otherwise it will be installed from distribution's package management.
certbot_dir: /opt/certbot
The directory inside which Certbot will be cloned.
The directory inside which Certbot will be cloned when using Git.
certbot_auto_renew: true
certbot_auto_renew_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
certbot_auto_renew_hour: 3
certbot_auto_renew_minute: 30
By default, this role configures a cron job to run under the provided user account at the given hour and minute, every day. The defaults run `certbot-auto renew` via cron every day at 03:30:00 by the user you use in your Ansible playbook. It's preferred that you set a custom user/hour/minute so the renewal is during a low-traffic period and done by a non-root user account.
By default, this role configures a cron job to run under the provided user account at the given hour and minute, every day. The defaults run `certbot renew` (or `certbot-auto renew`) via cron every day at 03:30:00 by the user you use in your Ansible playbook. It's preferred that you set a custom user/hour/minute so the renewal is during a low-traffic period and done by a non-root user account.
## Dependencies
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roles:
- geerlingguy.certbot
After installation, you can create certificates using the `certbot-auto` script, which by default is installed inside the configured `certbot_dir`, so by default, `/opt/certbot/certbot-auto`. Here are some example commands to configure certificates with Certbot:
After installation, you can create certificates using the `certbot` (or `certbot-auto`) script, which by default is installed inside the configured `certbot_dir` (when using Git). Here are some example commands to configure certificates with Certbot:
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