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+ <h1>How to Automate Certbot Renewal with HAProxy</h1>
+
+ <p>
+ So this is specifically for HAProxy on FreeBSD, but it should apply to
+ other *nix systems as well. Basically, I use HAProxy as a reverse proxy
+ to a bunch of servers I administer. I use Let's Encrypt for a
+ certificate and I used <code>certbot</code> to generate that
+ certificate. Generating the certificate for the first time is easy and
+ has lots of documentation, but it wasn't initially clear on how I could
+ easily set up auto-renewal. Here's how I did it.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ If you've already set up TLS termination with HAProxy and
+ <code>certbot</code>, you know you need to combine your Let's Encrypt
+ fullchain and private key to get a combined certificate that HAProxy can
+ use. You can do this by <code>cat</code>-ing the chain and key together
+ like so:
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+<code>
+cat /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/$SITE/fullchain.pem /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/$SITE/privkey.pem > /usr/local/etc/ssl/haproxy.pem
+</code>
+ </pre>
+
+ <p>
+ In this example, <code>$SITE</code> is your domain name that you fed
+ HAProxy when you created the certificate and <code>haproxy.pem</code> is
+ wherever you're storing HAProxy's combined certificate. Your HAProxy
+ config then points to that certificate like this:
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+<code>
+macon% grep crt /usr/local/etc/haproxy.conf
+ bind *:443 ssl crt /usr/local/etc/ssl/haproxy.pem
+</code>
+ </pre>
+
+ <p>
+ And that was the end of the first-time setup. Then a few months later
+ you probably had to do it again because Let's Encrypt certs are only
+ good for 90 days in between renewals. To renew the certificate, you
+ usually run <code>certbot renew</code>, it detects which certificates
+ are present, and uses either the webroot or standlone server renewal
+ process. Then you have to <code>cat</code> the fullchain and privkey
+ together and restart HAProxy so it starts using the new certificate.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ To automate those steps, newer versions of
+ <code>certbot</code> will run any post renewal hooks (read: scripts)
+ that you want. You can also configure HAProxy and
+ <code>certbot</code> to perform the ACME challenge dance for renewal so
+ that you don't have to use it interactively.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ First, if you haven't already done it, change your HAProxy config so
+ there's a frontend+backend for responding to ACME challenges. In a
+ frontend listening for requests, create an access control list for any
+ request looking for <code>/.well-known/acme-challenge/</code>. Send
+ those requests to a backend server with an unused local port.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+<code>
+frontend http-in
+ acl letsencrypt-acl path_beg /.well-known/acme-challenge/
+ use_backend letsencrypt-backend if letsencrypt-acl
+ ...
+backend letsencrypt-backend
+ server letsencrypt 127.0.0.1:54321
+</code>
+ </pre>
+
+ <p>
+ What this will do is allow <code>certbot</code> and Let's Encrypt to
+ renew your server in standalone mode via your reverse proxy. As an added
+ bonus it prevents you from having to open up an additional port on your
+ firewall.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Now you've gotta configure <code>certbot</code> to do just that. A
+ config file was created in <code>certbot</code>'s
+ <code>renew</code> directory for your site. All you need to do in that
+ file is add a line to the <code>[renewalparams]</code> section
+ specifying the port you're using in your HAProxy config.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+<code>
+macon% echo "http01_port = 54321" >> /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/$SITE.conf
+</code>
+ </pre>
+
+ <p>
+ Now you need the post-renewal hooks. I dropped two separate scripts into
+ the <code>renewal-hooks</code> directory: one does the job of combining
+ the certificate chain and private key and the other just restarts
+ HAProxy.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+<code>
+macon% cat /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/001-catcerts.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+
+SITE=(your site of course)
+
+cd /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/$SITE
+cat fullchain.pem privkey.pem > /usr/local/etc/ssl/haproxy.pem
+macon% cat /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/002-haproxy.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+service haproxy restart
+</code>
+ </pre>
+
+ <p>
+ When <code>certbot renew</code> is run, <code>certbot</code> checks the
+ <code>renewal-hooks/post</code> directory and runs any executable things
+ in it after it's renewed the certificate(s). As a side note,
+ <em>make sure you hit those scripts with <code>chmod +x</code></em> or
+ they probably won't run.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Now all that's left is dropping a job into <code>cron</code> or
+ <code>periodic</code> to run <code>certbot renew</code> at least once or
+ twice within the renewal period.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+<code>
+macon% doas crontab -l|grep certbot
+# certbot renewal
+@monthly certbot renew
+</code>
+ </pre>
+
+ <p>
+ You can always test that your scripts are working with
+ <code>certbot renew --dry-run</code> just to be safe.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+<code>
+macon% doas certbot renew --dry-run
+Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
+
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+Processing /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/53hor.net.conf
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+Cert not due for renewal, but simulating renewal for dry run
+Plugins selected: Authenticator standalone, Installer None
+Simulating renewal of an existing certificate for 53hor.net and 7 more domains
+Performing the following challenges:
+http-01 challenge for 53hor.net
+http-01 challenge for carpentertutoring.com
+http-01 challenge for git.53hor.net
+http-01 challenge for nextcloud.53hor.net
+http-01 challenge for pkg.53hor.net
+http-01 challenge for plex.53hor.net
+http-01 challenge for theglassyladies.com
+http-01 challenge for www.53hor.net
+Waiting for verification...
+Cleaning up challenges
+
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+new certificate deployed without reload, fullchain is
+/usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/53hor.net/fullchain.pem
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+Congratulations, all simulated renewals succeeded:
+ /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/53hor.net/fullchain.pem (success)
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+Running post-hook command: /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/001-catcerts.sh
+Running post-hook command: /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/002-haproxy.sh
+Output from post-hook command 002-haproxy.sh:
+Waiting for PIDS: 15191.
+Starting haproxy.
+
+</code>
+ </pre>
+
+ <p>
+ And there it is. Automated Let's Encrypt certificate renewal on FreeBSD
+ with HAProxy.
+ </p>
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