acme-redirect.d(5)

💅 acme-redirect.d — like, the file formats manual, bestie

okay so this is the acme-redirect.d(5) page, and it's literally about configuring which certificates acme-redirect goes out and gets for you. it's giving "tiny config directory, huge responsibility." 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

acme-redirect.d — the certificate configuration for acme-redirect, periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

/etc/acme-redirect.d/*.conf

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so these files — the ones living in that directory up there — are what tell acme-redirect which certificates it should be requesting and renewing. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. no cap. 💖

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• name= — the name that identifies this certificate. ⚠️ heads up bestie: the cert is not gonna be valid for this name unless you also list it in dns_names. the way that name is just a label and not magic... yeah. iykyk.
• dns_names= — the list of names this certificate should actually be valid for. this one's the real main character. 🔥
• exec= — the list of commands that should be executed. you can use this to trigger certificate reloads — like, "hey nginx, wake up, new cert just dropped." 💅

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

[cert]
name = "example.com"
dns_names = [
    "example.com",
    "www.example.com",
]
exec = [
    "systemctl reload nginx",
]

look at her. flawless. no notes. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• acme-redirect(1)
• acme-redirect.conf(5)

go read the girlies too, they're all in the same group chat. 🫶

💜 AUTHORS 💜

acme-redirect was originally written by kpcyrd, and it's hosted at https://github.com/kpcyrd/acme-redirect — icon behavior, honestly. 👑

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🌸 that's the whole page! 💖 this edition is dated 2026-10-22 and comes straight from the file formats manual, so go forth and configure your certs, bestie — mwah! 🎀🦋💅