Re: certbot

On Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 2:24 AM BST, paul beard wrote:
> I think I saw that in the docs…I could never have come up with that on my
> own. I think it's to reduce any spikes (like midnight as it crosses time
> zones).
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM Souji Thenria <mail@souji-thenria.net>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 10:29 PM BST, paul beard wrote:
> > > 00 00 * * Sun   python -c 'import random; import time;
> > > time.sleep(random.random() * 3600)' && /usr/local/bin/certbot renew
> > > --renew-hook 'service nginx reload'
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Out of pure curiosity:
> > Is there a reason why you sleep for a random number of hours (supposed
> > time.sleep() takes seconds as input parameter) before executing the
> > certbot?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Souji
> >
> >

Oh true, that makes sense.

Thanks,
Souji