Renewal of Let's Encrypt Certificates in Dovecot

[Alex JOST]

Am 11.10.2018 um 11:05 schrieb Ignacio Garcia:
> El jue., 11 oct. 2018 a las 10:58, Reio Remma (<reio at mrstuudio.ee>)
> escribió:
> 
>> On 11/10/2018 11:55, Ignacio Garcia wrote:
>>> Hi there. I've been using Dovecot for quite some time now but I just
>>> started using Let's Encrypt certs. Since LE certs are renewed
>>> automatically without user intervention I'm wondering if I will need
>>> to restart dovecot after that renewal...
>>
>> A reload will suffice.
>>
>> Thanks Reio for your quick answer.
> 
> Then is it that reload mandatory? What I need to know is if I dovecot can
> cope with that certificate renewal without the need of any sysadmin
> intervention or automated script after that renewal.

You can add a POST_HOOK to Certbot (or whatever you are using) to reload 
Dovecot after certificates have been renewed. No need for manual 
intervention.

-- 
Alex JOST