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Date:      Sun, 21 Apr 2024 02:40:44 +0100
From:      "Souji Thenria" <mail@souji-thenria.net>
To:        "paul beard" <paulbeard@gmail.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions List" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: certbot
Message-ID:  <D0PF2ADN70DA.3O2QOFOV0FPLF@souji-thenria.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAMtcK2qfRBrOAuWBm1gLEPRc8pDTQx0jOgKJ06d_B6HqrCA7JQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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


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