Testing: Change the server or use --staging?

[fvanboven]

The readme states that the server configuration should be changed if you want to use the staging environment. But CertBot itself can handle this using the "-- staging" argument.

Isn't it perhaps a nice feature to make this a solid part of the module? To create a consistent way of testing and keeping the logic of the e.g. the staging server hostname out of the implementation.

Something like:

certbot::certonly { 'foo':
  domains => ['foo.example.com', 'bar.example.com'],
  staging => true,
}

Or make it a machine-wide config:

class { ::certbot:
  staging => true,
}

Any thoughts on this?

[danzilio]

Hmm...this is an interesting idea. I wonder what this would mean for people using their own internal ACME server.

[cjeanneret]

@danzilio you might want to provide both way in your module: either use "default LE remotes" and using the --staging switch, or allow user to set his own remote - in that case, "staging" should not be passed (and ignored if passed).

[ekohl]

Per our README: the answer is to change the server.