[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 ; ExecStartPre checks if the certificate is ready for renewal, ; based on the exit status of the command. ; (In systemd 243 and above, you can use ExecCondition= here.) ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/env bash -c \ 'step certificate inspect $CERT_LOCATION --format json --roots "$STEPPATH/certs/root_ca.crt" | \ jq -e "(((.validity.start | fromdate) + \ ((.validity.end | fromdate) - (.validity.start | fromdate)) * 0.66) \ - now) <= 0" > /dev/null' ; 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=-systemctl try-reload-or-restart %i [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target