title: How do I schedule the Let's Encrypt certbot to automatically renew my certificate in cron?
body: <p>I've seen conflicting recommendations. From the <a href="https://certbot.eff.org/#ubuntuxenial-apache" rel="noreferrer">eff.org docs</a>:</p>
  
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    <p>if you're setting up a cron or systemd job, we recommend running it twice per day... Please select a random minute within the hour for your renewal tasks.</p>
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  <p>I've also seen recommendations for <a href="https://www.liberiangeek.net/2016/04/how-to-install-lets-encrypt-certificates-on-ubuntu-server-with-apache2/" rel="noreferrer">weekly jobs</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I'm not a cron expert, so I'd prefer an answer with detailed steps for setting up the cron job.</p>