[Unit] Description=Certificate renewer for %I After=network-online.target Documentation=https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/certificate-authority-server-production StartLimitIntervalSec=0 [Service] Type=oneshot User=root Environment=STEPPATH=/etc/step-ca \ CERT_LOCATION=/etc/step/certs/%i.crt \ KEY_LOCATION=/etc/step/certs/%i.key ; ExecCondition checks if the certificate is ready for renewal, ; based on the exit status of the command. ; (In systemd 242 or below, you can use ExecStartPre= here.) ExecCondition=/usr/bin/step certificate needs-renewal ${CERT_LOCATION} ; ExecStart renews the certificate, if ExecStartPre was successful. ExecStart=/usr/bin/step ca renew --force ${CERT_LOCATION} ${KEY_LOCATION} ; Try to reload or restart the systemd service that relies on this cert-renewer ; If the relying service doesn't exist, forge ahead. ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/env bash -c "if ! systemctl --quiet is-enabled %i.service ; then exit 0; fi; systemctl try-reload-or-restart %i" [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target