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Youfu Zhang cfd637d769 Add DNS-PERSIST-01 challenge support
- Add dns-persist-01 to allowed challenge types in verify_config()
- Implement dns-persist-01 case in challenge preparation (no dynamic token)
- Skip deployment and cleanup for dns-persist-01
- Update help text and documentation
- Add man page and README updates
- Update CHANGELOG
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Dehydrated is a client for signing certificates with an ACME-server (e.g. ZeroSSL, Let's Encrypt, etc.) implemented as a relatively simple (zsh-compatible) bash-script.
This client supports both ACME v1 and the new ACME v2 including support for wildcard certificates!
It uses the `openssl` utility for everything related to actually handling keys and certificates, so you need to have that installed.
Other dependencies are: cURL, sed, grep, awk, mktemp (all found pre-installed on almost any system, cURL being the only exception).
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## Current features
- Signing of a list of domains (including wildcard domains!)
- Signing of a custom CSR (either standalone or completely automated using hooks!)
- Renewal if a certificate is about to expire or defined set of domains changed
- Certificate revocation
- and lots more..
Feel free to report any issues you find with this script or contribute by submitting a pull request,
but please check for duplicates first (feel free to comment on those to get things rolling).
## Getting started
For getting started I recommend taking a look at [docs/domains_txt.md](docs/domains_txt.md), [docs/wellknown.md](docs/wellknown.md) and the [Usage](#usage) section on this page (you'll probably only need the `-c` option).
Generally you want to set up your WELLKNOWN path first, and then fill in domains.txt.
**Please note that you should use the staging URL when experimenting with this script to not hit Let's Encrypt's rate limits.** See [docs/staging.md](docs/staging.md).
If you have any problems take a look at our [Troubleshooting](docs/troubleshooting.md) guide.
## Config
dehydrated is looking for a config file in a few different places, it will use the first one it can find in this order:
- `/etc/dehydrated/config`
- `/usr/local/etc/dehydrated/config`
- The current working directory of your shell
- The directory from which dehydrated was run
Have a look at [docs/examples/config](docs/examples/config) to get started, copy it to e.g. `/etc/dehydrated/config`
and edit it to fit your needs.
## Usage:
```text
Usage: ./dehydrated [-h] [command [argument]] [parameter [argument]] [parameter [argument]] ...
Default command: help
Commands:
--version (-v) Print version information
--display-terms Display current terms of service
--register Register account key
--account Update account contact information
--cron (-c) Sign/renew non-existent/changed/expiring certificates.
--signcsr (-s) path/to/csr.pem Sign a given CSR, output CRT on stdout (advanced usage)
--revoke (-r) path/to/cert.pem Revoke specified certificate
--deactivate Deactivate account
--cleanup (-gc) Move unused certificate files to archive directory
--cleanup-delete (-gcd) Deletes (!) unused certificate files
--help (-h) Show help text
--env (-e) Output configuration variables for use in other scripts
Parameters:
--accept-terms Accept CAs terms of service
--full-chain (-fc) Print full chain when using --signcsr
--ipv4 (-4) Resolve names to IPv4 addresses only
--ipv6 (-6) Resolve names to IPv6 addresses only
--domain (-d) domain.tld Use specified domain name(s) instead of domains.txt entry (one certificate!)
--ca url/preset Use specified CA URL or preset
--alias certalias Use specified name for certificate directory (and per-certificate config) instead of the primary domain (only used if --domain is specified)
--keep-going (-g) Keep going after encountering an error while creating/renewing multiple certificates in cron mode
--force (-x) Force certificate renewal even if it is not due to expire within RENEW_DAYS
--force-validation Force revalidation of domain names (used in combination with --force)
--no-lock (-n) Don't use lockfile (potentially dangerous!)
--lock-suffix example.com Suffix lockfile name with a string (useful for with -d)
--ocsp Sets option in CSR indicating OCSP stapling to be mandatory
--privkey (-p) path/to/key.pem Use specified private key instead of account key (useful for revocation)
--domains-txt path/to/domains.txt Use specified domains.txt instead of default/configured one
--config (-f) path/to/config Use specified config file
--hook (-k) path/to/hook.sh Use specified script for hooks
--preferred-chain issuer-cn Use alternative certificate chain identified by issuer CN
--out (-o) certs/directory Output certificates into the specified directory
--alpn alpn-certs/directory Output alpn verification certificates into the specified directory
--challenge (-t) http-01|dns-01|dns-persist-01|tls-alpn-01 Which challenge should be used? Currently http-01, dns-01, dns-persist-01 and tls-alpn-01 are supported
--algo (-a) rsa|prime256v1|secp384r1 Which public key algorithm should be used? Supported: rsa, prime256v1 and secp384r1
--acme-profile profile_name Use specified ACME profile
--order-timeout seconds Amount of seconds to wait for processing of order until erroring out
--validation-timeout seconds Amount of seconds to wait for processing of domain validations until erroring out
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## Chat
Dehydrated has an official IRC-channel `#dehydrated` on libera.chat that can be used for general discussion and suggestions.
The channel can also be accessed with Matrix using the official libera.chat bridge at `#dehydrated:libera.chat`.
## About this repository
> [!NOTE]
> This repository is officially maintained by <strong>ZeroSSL</strong> as part of our commitment to secure and reliable SSL/TLS solutions. We welcome contributions and feedback from the community!
> For more information about our services, including free and paid SSL/TLS certificates, visit https://zerossl.com.
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