Cron jobs are a nice way to automatically run scheduled tasks. The cron service in Linux systems is the typical approach when scheduling commands on the operating system. {{outline}} Testing a Cron Job Recently the certbot from Let’s Encrypt didn’t automatically renew SSL certificates anymore. We used a …

Running an Ubuntu or Debian operating system on your servers comes with a long lifetime. You won’t switch servers and migrate your applications that often. You’ll maintain your system now and then and update installed packages to keep your system secure. Recently, while maintaining the software on our …