From ba73ca81ae05cb17cb1e615b643e917d863bbd61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Heathershaw Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:01:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added a caution about Linode's 15-minute delay in deploying records --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e84465f..6319ef0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ To use the scripts for a new domain renewal, use the "manual" plugin with the ex This example requests a wildcard certificate for the domain `yourdomain.com` - change accordingly. -`certbot certonly --manual -d *.yourdomain.com -d yourdomain.com --preferred-challenges dns-01 --manual-auth-hook /path/to/linode-auth-hook.sh --manual-cleanup-hook /path/to/linode-cleanup-hook.sh`. \ No newline at end of file +`certbot certonly --manual -d *.yourdomain.com -d yourdomain.com --preferred-challenges dns-01 --manual-auth-hook /path/to/linode-auth-hook.sh --manual-cleanup-hook /path/to/linode-cleanup-hook.sh`. + +**Please note:** Linode only deploy changes to their nameservers roughly every 15 minutes, so DNS records do not show up immediately. The authorisation script waits for 20 minutes after creating a record before exiting to allow the DNS records to be deployed before Let's Encrypt verifies them. Therefore this script can take some time to run. Once a certificate has been issued, renewals happen non-interactively. \ No newline at end of file