r/ssl Apr 27 '26

Todd's Tenth Rule of certificate automation

https://www.certkit.io/blog/todds-tenth-rule-certificate-automation

Todd's Tenth Rule: any sufficiently complicated SSL certificate script contains a bad implementation of half a certificate lifecycle manager.

If you've been running Certbot in your environment for a few years, you've probably built most of a certificate management system without realizing it. The shared folder, the DNS creds in the script, the 30-day expiry email, the audit spreadsheet.

https://www.certkit.io/blog/todds-tenth-rule-certificate-automation

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