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tokyobreakfasttoday at 2:00 AM1 replyview on HN

How many servers are set up with CA redundancy? I've yet to see one let alone hear of this practice.


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jsheardtoday at 2:02 AM

For one, Cloudflare uses four different CAs almost interchangeably. Caddy also makes it easy to configure ACME failover if you're self-hosting, and defaults to using two different CAs if you don't specify any.

Frankly even with no CA redundancy, downtime would have to drag on for weeks to actually disrupt renewals. ACME certs usually get rotated after about 2/3rds of their duration has expired, so the upcoming 45 day certs will still have about 15 days of wiggle room.

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