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@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ with its own executable: 4. For certificate issuances (`new-cert` command), an optional webserver (specified with the *command* option of the [`[webserver]` section](#webserver-section) of the configuration file), which is - spawned by the “master” `lacme` process when no service is listening - on the HTTP port. (The only challenge type currently supported by - `lacme` is `http-01`, which requires a webserver to answer - challenges.) That webserver only processes `GET` and `HEAD` requests - under the `/.well-known/acme-challenge/` URI. - By default some [`iptables`(8)] rules are automatically installed to - open the HTTP port, and removed afterwards. + spawned by the “master” `lacme`. (The only challenge type currently + supported by `lacme` is `http-01`, which requires a webserver to + answer challenges.) That webserver only processes `GET` and `HEAD` + requests under the `/.well-known/acme-challenge/` URI. + Moreover temporary [`iptables`(8)] rules can be automatically + installed to open the HTTP port. Commands ======== @@ -228,18 +227,19 @@ This section is used for configuring the [ACME] webserver. *listen* -: Specify the local address to listen on, in the form - `ADDRESS[:PORT]`. If `ADDRESS` is enclosed with brackets ‘[’/‘]’ - then it denotes an IPv6; an empty `ADDRESS` means `0.0.0.0`. - Default: `:80`. +: Comma- or space-separated list of addresses to listen on. Valid + addresses are of the form `IPV4:PORT`, `[IPV6]:PORT` (where the + `:PORT` suffix is optional and defaults to the HTTP port 80), or an + absolute path of a UNIX-domain socket (created with mode `0666`). + Default: `/var/run/lacme.socket`. *challenge-directory* -: If a webserver is already running, specify a non-existent directory - under which the webserver is configured to serve `GET` requests for - challenge files under `/.well-known/acme-challenge/` (for each - virtual hosts requiring authorization) as static files. - Default: `/var/www/acme-challenge`. +: Specify a non-existent directory under which an external HTTP daemon + is configured to serve `GET` requests for challenge files under + `/.well-known/acme-challenge/` (for each virtual host requiring + authorization) as static files. + This option is required when *listen* is empty. *user* @@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ This section is used for configuring the [ACME] webserver. *iptables* -: Whether to automatically install [`iptables`(8)] rules to open the - `ADDRESS[:PORT]` specified with *listen*. Theses rules are +: Whether to automatically install temporary [`iptables`(8)] rules to + open the `ADDRESS[:PORT]` specified with *listen*. The rules are automatically removed once `lacme` exits. - Default: `Yes`. + Default: `No`. `[accountd]` section --------------------- |