NAME

acmed —

ACME client daemon

SYNOPSIS

acmed [-c|--config FILE] [-f|--foreground] [-h|--help] [--log-stderr] [--log-syslog] [--log-level LEVEL] [--pid-file FILE] [--root-cert FILE] [-V|--version]

DESCRIPTION

acmed is an Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) client daemon which can automatically request and renew X.509 security certificates from various Certification Authorities (CA).

The options are as follows:

-c, --config FILE: Specify an alternative configuration file.
-f, --foreground: Runs in the foreground
-h, --help: Prints help information
--log-stderr: Prints log messages to the standard error output
--log-syslog: Sends log messages via syslog
--log-level LEVEL: Specify the log level. Possible values: error, warn, info, debug and trace.
--pid-file FILE: Specifies the location of the PID file
--root-cert FILE: Add a root certificate to the trust store. This option can be used multiple times.
-V, --version: Prints version information

FILES

/etc/acmed/acmed.toml: Default acmed configuration file.

STANDARDS

R. Barnes, J. Hoffman-Andrews, D. McCarney, and J. Kasten, Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME), RFC 8555, March 2019.
R.B. Shoemaker, Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) TLS Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) Challenge Extension, RFC 8737, February 2020.
R.B. Shoemaker, Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) IP Identifier Validation Extension, RFC 8738, February 2020.

AUTHORS

Rodolphe Bréard ⟨rodolphe@breard.tf⟩