Revert "Removed option to reuse old private keys." (useful for HKPK, see #195)

This reverts commit 4dc9953319.

CHANGELOG

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ This file contains a log of major changes in letsencrypt.sh
 - PRIVATE_KEY config parameter has been renamed to ACCOUNT_KEY to avoid confusion with certificate keys
 - deploy_cert hook now also has the certificates timestamp as standalone parameter
 - Temporary files are now identifiable (template: letsencrypt.sh-XXXXXX)
-- Private keys are no longer reused
 
 ### Added
 - Added documentation to repository

docs/examples/config.sh.example

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
 # Minimum days before expiration to automatically renew certificate (default: 30)
 #RENEW_DAYS="30"
 
+# Regenerate private keys instead of just signing new certificates on renewal (default: no)
+#PRIVATE_KEY_RENEW="no"
+
 # Which public key algorithm should be used? Supported: rsa, prime256v1 and secp384r1
 #KEY_ALGO=rsa
 

letsencrypt.sh

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ load_config() {
   ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON=
   KEYSIZE="4096"
   WELLKNOWN=
+  PRIVATE_KEY_RENEW="no"
   KEY_ALGO=rsa
   OPENSSL_CNF="$(openssl version -d | cut -d\" -f2)/openssl.cnf"
   CONTACT_EMAIL=
@@ -502,12 +503,16 @@ sign_domain() {
     mkdir -p "${BASEDIR}/certs/${domain}"
   fi
 
-  echo " + Generating private key..."
+  privkey="privkey.pem"
-  privkey="privkey-${timestamp}.pem"
+  # generate a new private key if we need or want one
-  case "${KEY_ALGO}" in
+  if [[ ! -r "${BASEDIR}/certs/${domain}/privkey.pem" ]] || [[ "${PRIVATE_KEY_RENEW}" = "yes" ]]; then
-    rsa) _openssl genrsa -out "${BASEDIR}/certs/${domain}/privkey-${timestamp}.pem" "${KEYSIZE}";;
+    echo " + Generating private key..."
-    prime256v1|secp384r1) _openssl ecparam -genkey -name "${KEY_ALGO}" -out "${BASEDIR}/certs/${domain}/privkey-${timestamp}.pem";;
+    privkey="privkey-${timestamp}.pem"
-  esac
+    case "${KEY_ALGO}" in
+      rsa) _openssl genrsa -out "${BASEDIR}/certs/${domain}/privkey-${timestamp}.pem" "${KEYSIZE}";;
+      prime256v1|secp384r1) _openssl ecparam -genkey -name "${KEY_ALGO}" -out "${BASEDIR}/certs/${domain}/privkey-${timestamp}.pem";;
+    esac
+  fi
 
   # Generate signing request config and the actual signing request
   echo " + Generating signing request..."
@@ -761,7 +766,7 @@ command_help() {
 command_env() {
   echo "# letsencrypt.sh configuration"
   load_config
-  typeset -p CA LICENSE CHALLENGETYPE HOOK HOOK_CHAIN RENEW_DAYS ACCOUNT_KEY ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON KEYSIZE WELLKNOWN OPENSSL_CNF CONTACT_EMAIL LOCKFILE
+  typeset -p CA LICENSE CHALLENGETYPE HOOK HOOK_CHAIN RENEW_DAYS ACCOUNT_KEY ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON KEYSIZE WELLKNOWN PRIVATE_KEY_RENEW OPENSSL_CNF CONTACT_EMAIL LOCKFILE
 }
 
 # Main method (parses script arguments and calls command_* methods)

test.sh

@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ _TEST "Run in cron mode again, this time adding third domain, should force renew
 ./letsencrypt.sh --cron --domain "${TMP_URL}" --domain "${TMP2_URL}" --domain "${TMP3_URL}" > tmplog 2> errorlog || _FAIL "Script execution failed"
 _CHECK_LOG "Domain name(s) are not matching!"
 _CHECK_LOG "Forcing renew."
-_CHECK_LOG "Generating private key"
 _CHECK_LOG "Requesting challenge for ${TMP_URL}"
 _CHECK_LOG "Requesting challenge for ${TMP2_URL}"
 _CHECK_LOG "Requesting challenge for ${TMP3_URL}"
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ _TEST "Run in cron mode one last time, with domain in domains.txt and force-resi
 ./letsencrypt.sh --cron --force > tmplog 2> errorlog || _FAIL "Script execution failed"
 _CHECK_LOG "Checking domain name(s) of existing cert... unchanged."
 _CHECK_LOG "Ignoring because renew was forced!"
-_CHECK_LOG "Generating private key"
+_CHECK_NOT_LOG "Generating private key"
 _CHECK_LOG "Requesting challenge for ${TMP_URL}"
 _CHECK_LOG "Requesting challenge for ${TMP2_URL}"
 _CHECK_LOG "Requesting challenge for ${TMP3_URL}"