acme-webfaction

This script enables you to automatically issue and maintain letsencypt ssl certificates on webfaction using acme.sh, without having to perform manual renewals.

Requires acme.sh and a webfaction account.

See https://gregbrown.co/code/letsencrypt-webfaction-automated for more information.

How does it work?

Certificates are issued, installed and renewed using acme.sh. Whenever a certificate is renewed, this script uploads it to the webfaction API via the acme.sh --reloadcmd argument.

Installation

Install acme.sh:
```
curl https://get.acme.sh | sh 
```
Download acme_webfaction.py from https://github.com/gregplaysguitar/acme-webfaction and move it into your bin directory - i.e. /home/USER/bin. Make sure it's executable, and that the bin directory is on your path.
```
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gregplaysguitar/acme-webfaction/master/acme_webfaction.py
cp ./acme_webfaction.py ~/bin/
chmod +x ~/bin/acme_webfaction.py
```

Usage

Issue a certificate for your webfaction site as per the acme.sh documentation:
```
acme.sh --issue -w /path/to/webroot -d example.com -d www.example.com
```
Note you'll need to set up your site to serve the files in /path/to/webroot/.well-known at http://example.com/.well-known. If you're working with a static or php site, you can just add your actual webroot here. For sites without a webroot, i.e. django or rails, use a temp directory as your webroot and add an alias in /home/USER/webapps/APPNAME/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:
```
LoadModule alias_module      modules/mod_alias.so
Alias /.well-known/ /home/USER/temp/.well-known/
```
Create an ssl certificate in the webfaction control panel, and add it to your site. See the webfaction ssl documentation for more information. You'll need to copy and paste the certificate details from the output of step 1
Install the certificate using the acme.sh --install-cert, where
- WF_SERVER is your webfaction server name, i.e. Web486 (note, it must be title cased)
- WF_USER and WF_PASSWORD is your webfaction control panel login
- WF_CERT_NAME is the name of the certificate you created in step 2
```
acme.sh --install-cert -d example.com -d www.example.com \
 --reloadcmd "WF_SERVER=WebXX WF_USER=user WF_PASSWORD=pass WF_CERT_NAME=certname acme_webfaction.py"
```

Alternately, you can set WF_BASE64_PASSWORD to your base64-encoded password, instead of using WF_PASSWORD, to work around issues with special characters in passwords.

Testing it out

At this point you should have an acme.sh crontab entry which will renew the certificates automatically, and on renewal, trigger acme_webfaction.py to update the cert via the webfaction api.

You can test it's working by forcing a renewal - run the command from the crontab with --force appended, i.e. something like:

"/home/USER/.acme.sh"/acme.sh --cron --home "/home/USER/.acme.sh" --force

If everything is working correctly, you should see the certificates renewed and the message "Reload success".

Troubleshooting