"Certificate [...] already found" on ignored Certificat

[drewek-smf]

Hi

I'm pretty sure it's not a bug in the lib, but rather something on my side, I just can't figure out.

I'm using LettuceEncrypt (1.1.0-beta-73) and implemented GetCertificatesAsync from ICertificateSource in my DB Context. There, I read the DB for an existing Certificate (it's single domain):

• If not found at all, I return an empty List
• If found, I return the list with this Certificate as new X509Certificate2(Convert.FromBase64String(...))

So long, this works fine. Including a renewal of the found Certificate, if it's expired.

But I want to renew a Certificate earlier than actual expiry. So if I find a Certificate, I check its NotAfter-Property, and if it remains active for less than 30 days, I just write a debug message and omit the Certificate, hence returning an empty List. The issue now is, that for such a use case I can see my debug message, but the following log line says "Certificate for XYZ already found" - this comes from LettuceEncrypt.Internal.AcmeStates.MoveNext(). Opening the Web Page again, my Browser still shows the old Certificate, as still valid (it IS valid, but I did return an empty list, omitted this Certificate). Opening the page in other Browsers which I did not use for some time, they still show the old valid Certificate. BUT - some users are using CLI Requests (such as cURL) to query my APIs, and they get errors regarding SSL.

What I currently do in this case is: Alter the Server Date (+1 month) and restart my app, so the Certificate is apparently expired. This works, and LettuceEncrypt refreshes it regularly. All Browsers and CLI Clients stop complaining

What am I doing wrong..?

Regards, Michael

[drewek-smf]

One more thing: I now changed the Domain Name in the DB for the existing Certificate (which expires in a few days) by appending an X. My app therefore did not find a matching Certificate on startup, but the log still contains the "Certificate already found" message...? Where does it find it??

[natemcmaster]

So first of all

But I want to renew a Certificate earlier than actual expiry.

Did you try using this? The default is that renewal occurs 30 days before expiration, but you can adjust this higher if you want.

https://github.com/natemcmaster/LettuceEncrypt/blob/76a240de31cd9605c3c28ae75335a1305c8b33f0/src/LettuceEncrypt/LettuceEncryptOptions.cs#L64

but the log still contains the "Certificate already found" message...? Where does it find it??

It's really hard to say without steps to reproduce the same situation, sorry.

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