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+# Certbot for OVH
+
+Run it and never care about your certificates again.
+
+To run it provide the following environment variables:
+
+- `CERTBOT_OVH_LE_EMAIL`: Your email address
+- `CERTBOT_OVH_AGREE_TOS`: You need to agree to the terms of service, "yes" values: `1`, `y`, `t`
+- `CERTBOT_OVH_DOMAINS`: Comma separated list of domain names for the certificate, example: `yourdomain.tld,*.yourdomain.tld`
+
+Additionally the OVH API secrets must be configured. To do
+so mount a file `/etc/certbot-ovh.ini` into the docker container.
+See [certbot-ovh.ini.tmpl](certbot-ovh.ini.tmpl) for example contents.
+
+## Example
+
+A simple example can be found at [example](example/).
+
+## SOURCE
+
+[gitea.redxef.at/redxef/certbot-ovh](https://gitea.redxef.at/redxef/certbot-ovh)