Comments on: How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 8 https://www.tecmint.com/secure-nginx-with-lets-encrypt-on-centos-8/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kenneth Porter https://www.tecmint.com/secure-nginx-with-lets-encrypt-on-centos-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1390488 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:23:00 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=35596#comment-1390488 In reply to Marc Pope.

Better to use a systemd timer unit file, such as the one provided in the EPEL certbot package. RHEL/CentOS 8 has moved from cron to systemd timers for dispatching periodic tasks. A systemd timer provides much finer control over task timing.

Here’s a tutorial on how to create a timer:

https://www.certdepot.net/rhel7-use-systemd-timers/

]]> By: Marc Pope https://www.tecmint.com/secure-nginx-with-lets-encrypt-on-centos-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1388870 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:23:49 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=35596#comment-1388870 Open up /etc/crontab and have it check once a month to renew.

30 1 1 * * root /usr/local/bin/certbot-auto renew
]]> By: Kenneth Porter https://www.tecmint.com/secure-nginx-with-lets-encrypt-on-centos-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1312405 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:04:40 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=35596#comment-1312405 You should find the certbot RPM package for RHEL/CentOS 8 in the EPEL repo. I’ve been using the version for CentOS 7, installed via yum. Use dnf to install it for CentOS 8.

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