lets-encrypt

Introduction This article provides a solution to the problem of Certbot renewal hook not finishing. Certbot is a tool used to automate the process of obtaining and renewing SSL/TLS certificates from the Let’s Encrypt Certificate Authority. It is a popular choice for webmasters and system administrators who need to secure their websites and services. Unfortunately, … Read more

The solution has been posted at https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/5424#issuecomment-372126909: restarting dovecot holds stderr open, this blocks python. Changing the script in the following way solved my problem: #!/bin/sh service dovecot restart 2>/dev/null solved Certbot renewal hook won’t finish [closed]