Today I will show you a short but powerful script which will renew all Zimbra SSL certificates.
Required for this script to work is certbot package installed on email server and sudo rights to add script in crontab.
You can add script in crontab at a weekly run like this: 0 0 * * 0 root /path_to_script.
The following script will help you to auto-renew SSL certificates for your email server:
#!/bin/bash
#Set domain for renew (in format openthreat.ro)
DOMAIN=""
certbot certificates
EXPIRE_DAYS=`cat /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log | grep VALID | cut -d\( -f2 | cut -d\) -f1 | awk '{print $2}'`
if [[ $EXPIRE_DAYS -lt 30 ]]; then
#Stop the jetty or nginx service at Zimbra level
runuser -l zimbra -c 'zmproxyctl stop'
runuser -l zimbra -c 'zmmailboxdctl stop'
#Renew SSL
certbot renew --standalone
#Copy new SSL to Zimbra SSL folder
cp /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.$DOMAIN/* /opt/zimbra/ssl/letsencrypt/
chown zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/ssl/letsencrypt/*
#Build the proper Intermediate CA plus Root CA
echo "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----" >> /opt/zimbra/ssl/letsencrypt/chain.pem
#Backup Zimbra SSL directory
cp -a /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra.$(date "+%Y%m%d")
#Copy the private key under Zimbra SSL path
cp /opt/zimbra/ssl/letsencrypt/privkey.pem /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.key
#Final SSL deployment
runuser -l zimbra -c 'cd /opt/zimbra/ssl/letsencrypt/ && /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcertmgr deploycrt comm cert.pem chain.pem'
runuser -l zimbra -c 'zmcontrol restart'
else
echo "Not expire, skipping!"
fi
7 Comments
RooL · July 26, 2021 at 9:12 am
#Set domain for renew (in format openthreat.ro)
DOMAIN=””
How set more domain?
RooL · July 28, 2021 at 1:13 pm
Hi,
thx for reply…
I have one zimbra server and more domains.
I first time LetsEncrypt run command
sudo letsencrypt certonly –standalone -d ipostar.idnes.cz -d posta.pravda.cz -d posta.jablko.cz -d posta.operator.sk -d posta.rambo.com
DOMAIN=”ipostar.idnes.cz posta.pravda.cz posta.jablko.cz posta.operator.sk posta.rambo.com”
Is this right?
thx for help
RooL · July 28, 2021 at 2:02 pm
Oh ok, I already understand how it works …
thank you for the script …
invain · January 3, 2022 at 8:14 am
Thank you for the script – is now in use with zimbra 9
Marin · January 25, 2022 at 10:51 am
Starting with some time I was unable to use this script because the certification authority at Let’sEncrypt changed and the new authority does not identify correctly in my environment with Zimbra on CentOS 8. This script made me a headache because of wrong certification path and uncontrolled application of the modifications. When fresh certifications were applied, my Zimbra didn’t start because of the wrong certificates. Thus my company’s email was down for a whole day.
On the link below you can find another script with the chain issues resolved. But be aware that the script is not recommended to be fully automatic, you must take the controls in your hands. 🙂
https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/can-somebody-help-me-to-solve-the-issue-with-letsencrypt-certificate-for-zimbra/169929/27?u=imagic
ben · February 23, 2022 at 11:05 am
Thank You.
Cool · March 22, 2022 at 6:22 am
Thank you. Such a very short but powerful script.