xoxys.certbot/index.md

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title: certbot
type: docs
---

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Setup [certbot](https://certbot.eff.org/) Let's Encrypt client.

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- [Default Variables](#default-variables)
  - [certbot_bin](#certbot_bin)
  - [certbot_command_arguments](#certbot_command_arguments)
  - [certbot_config_dir](#certbot_config_dir)
  - [certbot_credentials](#certbot_credentials)
  - [certbot_cron_enabled](#certbot_cron_enabled)
  - [certbot_cron_file](#certbot_cron_file)
  - [certbot_cron_hour](#certbot_cron_hour)
  - [certbot_cron_minute](#certbot_cron_minute)
  - [certbot_domain_groups](#certbot_domain_groups)
  - [certbot_email](#certbot_email)
  - [certbot_log_dir](#certbot_log_dir)
  - [certbot_max_log_backups](#certbot_max_log_backups)
  - [certbot_packages_extra](#certbot_packages_extra)
  - [certbot_preferred_challenges](#certbot_preferred_challenges)
  - [certbot_rsa_key_size](#certbot_rsa_key_size)
  - [certbot_server](#certbot_server)
  - [certbot_user](#certbot_user)
  - [certbot_version](#certbot_version)
  - [certbot_virtualenv](#certbot_virtualenv)
  - [certbot_virtualenv_command](#certbot_virtualenv_command)
  - [certbot_work_dir](#certbot_work_dir)
- [Dependencies](#dependencies)

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## Default Variables

### certbot_bin

Location of the certbot binary. Default is to `~/.local/.bin/certbot`.

### certbot_command_arguments

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_command_arguments:
  - certonly
```

### certbot_config_dir

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_config_dir: /etc/letsencrypt
```

### certbot_credentials

Specify key value parairs for your credentials (e.g. plugin credentials). The credentials will be saved to `{{ certbot_config_dir }}/credentials.ini and you could add the path to `certbot_command_arguments` if required.

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_credentials: []
```

### certbot_cron_enabled

Enable scheduling via cron.

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_cron_enabled: true
```

### certbot_cron_file

Use a file under /etc/cron.d but this will only work if `certbot_user` has write permissions for this location.

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_cron_file: _unset_
```

#### Example usage

```YAML
certbot-letsencrypt
```

### certbot_cron_hour

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_cron_hour: '3'
```

### certbot_cron_minute

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_cron_minute: '30'
```

### certbot_domain_groups

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_domain_groups:
  - name: example
    domains:
      - '*.example.com'
      - example.com
    init: false
```

### certbot_email

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_email: mail@example.com
```

### certbot_log_dir

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_log_dir: /var/log/letsencrypt
```

### certbot_max_log_backups

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_max_log_backups: 30
```

### certbot_packages_extra

Extra packages to install with pip (e.g. DNS plugins).

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_packages_extra: []
```

### certbot_preferred_challenges

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_preferred_challenges: dns
```

### certbot_rsa_key_size

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_rsa_key_size: 4096
```

### certbot_server

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
```

### certbot_user

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_user: root
```

### certbot_version

Set a fix version of the certbot package to install.

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_version: _unset_
```

### certbot_virtualenv

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_virtualenv: /opt/python3/certbot
```

### certbot_virtualenv_command

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_virtualenv_command: /usr/bin/python3 -m venv
```

### certbot_work_dir

#### Default value

```YAML
certbot_work_dir: /var/lib/letsencrypt
```



## Dependencies

None.