Dovecot and Letsencrypt certs

[LuKreme]

On Sep 8, 2017, at 07:56, Darac Marjal <mailinglist at darac.org.uk> wrote:
>  #!/bin/bash
> 
>    set -e
>    set -u
>    set -o pipefail
>    
>    if [[ ${1} == "deploy_cert" && ${2} == "mail.darac.org.uk" ]]; then
>            echo " + Hook: Restarting Dovecot..."
>            /usr/sbin/service dovecot restart
>    fi
> 
> That means that dovecot will be restarted only if the certificate for the mail server is being deployed. If dehydrated runs, but fails to renew the certificate, then dovecot won't be restarted. Similarly, if it renews a different certificate, dovecot won't be restarted.

That is a great solution, but I think it’s probably easier to just kick dovecot once a month.

4 4 4 * * service dovecot restart

However, it seems like checking the certs is something that dovecot should be doing on its own.

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