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Certbot renew with a systemd timer on Ubuntu
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Ubuntu 16.04

/etc/systemd/system/certbot.service

[Unit]
Description=Let's Encrypt renewal

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/certbot renew --quiet --agree-tos
ExecStartPost=/bin/systemctl reload apache2.service

/etc/systemd/system/certbot.timer

[Unit]
Description=Twice daily renewal of Let's Encrypt's certificates

[Timer]
OnCalendar=0/12:00:00
RandomizedDelaySec=1h
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Enable and start certbot.timer

systemctl enable --now certbot.timer

Modified from: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Let%E2%80%99s_Encrypt#systemd

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