renewcert.sh

# Author:   Hans Guthrie
# Date:     7/18/2016, updated 10/3/2016 
# Purpose:  Update letsencrypt certificate. This script is typically run from a crontab job to make this process automatic
# Future:   Improve logging functionality and make it cleaner
# Notes:    See this website for how I got the date and time logging: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s57/nl/6650561/877447ff-6220-42d9-8e53-ddb7580cd562?title=log%20bash%20script%20output%20to%20file%20with%20timestamp
#           Gist: https://gist.github.com/hansdg1/31a7a605f10e67c4e8b0b597657443ac


LOGFILE=/var/log/letsencrypt/certbox-renew.log

echo "\n###############################################################################" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
echo "$(date) : Starting work" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1

service nginx stop
printf 'Stopping nginx service\n#####                     (33%%)\r'
sleep 1

printf 'Renewing certificate\r#############             (66%%)\r'
echo "$(/opt/letsencrypt/certbot-auto --nginx renew)" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1

sleep 1

service nginx start
printf '#######################   (100%%)\r'
printf '\n'

echo "\n$(date) : Finished work" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
echo "###############################################################################\n" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1