Ghost uses ZeroSSL certificate. Does it automatically renew every 90 days?

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Hello,

I notice that Ghost uses ZeroSSL. Do the certificates automatically renew every 90 days, like the ones directly issued by Let’s Encrypt?

Thank you.

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I’m getting conflicting answers from the forum members.

  1. Ghost CLI is set up to renew it with a cron job:
    Ubuntu 20 LTS and Nginx

$ sudo crontab -u root -l

If you see something like this:
7 0 * * * “/etc/letsencrypt”/acme.sh --cron --home “/etc/letsencrypt” > /dev/null

It means, it’s configured for auto renew.

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From a functional perspective, ZeroSSL and LetsEncrypt operate the same way - they provide you with a certificate which is valid for ~90 days

Internally, the Ghost CLI calls acme.sh which in turn configures auto-renewal of certificates to run monthly. So you shouldn’t need to manually update your certificate

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