Save script: `vim /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/sync-to-passive.sh` Make executable: `chmod +x /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/sync-to-passive.sh` Add the user: `useradd -r -s /bin/bash -m certbot` Configure SSH Key auth: ``` ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f /root/.ssh/id_ed25519_certbot -N "" ssh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/id_ed25519_certbot certbot@tywaf12.firstderivatives.com ``` Create logdir: ``` mkdir -p /var/log/letsencrypt touch /var/log/letsencrypt/sync.log ``` Put in place the sudo rules: ``` vim /etc/sudoers.d/certbot # Allow certbot user to sync certificates and reload web server without password certbot ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync certbot ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/systemctl reload nginx ``` Add ssh config for the Primary: ``` tee -a /root/.ssh/config << EOF Host passive-certbot HostName tywaf12.firstderivatives.com User certbot IdentityFile /root/.ssh/id_ed25519_certbot EOF ``` Testing: ``` ssh certbot@tywaf12.firstderivatives.com 'sudo rsync --version' ssh certbot@tywaf12.firstderivatives.com 'sudo systemctl reload nginx' ```