services: certbot: Run certbot twice a day at a random minute.

* doc/guix.texi (Certificate Services): Document it.
* gnu/services/certbot.scm (certbot-renewal-jobs): Change job's time
specification.
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Clément Lassieur 2018-02-09 01:01:17 +01:00
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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 ng0@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Julien Lepiller@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Julien Lepiller@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Clément Lassieur@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Clément Lassieur@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro@*
@ -15735,6 +15735,12 @@ generation, the initial certification request to the Let's Encrypt
service, the web server challenge/response integration, writing the service, the web server challenge/response integration, writing the
certificate to disk, and the automated periodic renewals. certificate to disk, and the automated periodic renewals.
Certbot is run twice a day, at a random minute within the hour. It
won't do anything until your certificates are due for renewal or
revoked, but running it regularly would give your service a chance of
staying online in case a Let's Encrypt-initiated revocation happened for
some reason.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} certbot-service-type @defvr {Scheme Variable} certbot-service-type
A service type for the @code{certbot} Let's Encrypt client. A service type for the @code{certbot} Let's Encrypt client.
@end defvr @end defvr

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(() '()) (() '())
(_ (_
(list (list
;; Attempt to renew the certificates twice a week. ;; Attempt to renew the certificates twice per day, at a random
#~(job (lambda (now) ;; minute within the hour. See
(next-day-from (next-hour-from now '(3)) ;; https://certbot.eff.org/all-instructions/.
'(2 5))) #~(job '(next-minute-from (next-hour '(0 12)) (list (random 60)))
(string-append #$package "/bin/certbot renew" (string-append #$package "/bin/certbot renew"
(string-concatenate (string-concatenate
(map (lambda (host) (map (lambda (host)