From 6771b8e05bfe438165df67d8cc671857510f3957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harlan Lieberman-Berg Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:52:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: move warning about distro provided renewal (#6133) 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. --- docs/using.rst | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/using.rst b/docs/using.rst index 40d8f8452..46599a06e 100644 --- a/docs/using.rst +++ b/docs/using.rst @@ -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