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docs: move warning about distro provided renewal (#6133)

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Currently, you must read ten paragraphs about writing renewal hooks
before you find that most distributions will automatically renew certs
for you.  This is burying the lede in a major way; moving it up to the
header seems a better choice.
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Harlan Lieberman-Berg 2018-06-21 15:52:08 -04:00 committed by Brad Warren
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@ -454,6 +454,12 @@ Renewing certificates
days). Make sure you renew the certificates at least once in 3
months.
.. seealso:: Many of the certbot clients obtained through a
distribution come with automatic renewal out of the box,
such as Debian and Ubuntu versions installed through `apt`,
CentOS/RHEL 7 through EPEL, etc. See `Automated Renewals`_
for more details.
As of version 0.10.0, Certbot supports a ``renew`` action to check
all installed certificates for impending expiry and attempt to renew
them. The simplest form is simply
@ -560,12 +566,6 @@ can run on a regular basis, like every week or every day). In that case,
you are likely to want to use the ``-q`` or ``--quiet`` quiet flag to
silence all output except errors.
.. seealso:: Many of the certbot clients obtained through a
distribution come with automatic renewal out of the box,
such as Debian and Ubuntu versions installed through `apt`,
CentOS/RHEL 7 through EPEL, etc. See `Automated Renewals`_
for more details.
If you are manually renewing all of your certificates, the
``--force-renewal`` flag may be helpful; it causes the expiration time of
the certificate(s) to be ignored when considering renewal, and attempts to