TLS certificates: Jarl obtains and renews them over ACME

Jarl is now an ACME client (lego's core, no DNS providers). It answers
DNS-01 challenges in a zone it serves, or through Porkbun's DNS API while
Porkbun serves the domain; "auto" decides from the domain's public name
servers at every renewal, and a CNAME on _acme-challenge is followed.
Certificates are used for jarld's HTTPS (served without a restart; each
port speaks HTTPS and plain HTTP, plain HTTP from loopback and trusted
proxies still served) and/or written for named's DNS over TLS/HTTPS, with
rndc reconfig on renewal. Renewal follows the CA's ARI window or two
thirds of the lifetime, with back-off. Certificates you renew yourself
can be used too. Certificates page and dashboard card, jarl cert,
/api/v1/certificates, Prometheus gauges, docs/certificates.md, and an
e2e section against Pebble.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

cmd/jarl/certs.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"jarl/internal/client"
+)
+
+type certStatus struct {
+	State   string `json:"state"`
+	Message string `json:"message"`
+}
+
+type certInfo struct {
+	ID           int64      `json:"id"`
+	Name         string     `json:"name"`
+	Source       string     `json:"source"`
+	Domains      []string   `json:"domains"`
+	CertFile     string     `json:"cert_file,omitempty"`
+	KeyFile      string     `json:"key_file,omitempty"`
+	Uses         []string   `json:"uses"`
+	Challenge    string     `json:"challenge,omitempty"`
+	KeyType      string     `json:"key_type,omitempty"`
+	Comment      string     `json:"comment"`
+	Names        []string   `json:"names,omitempty"`
+	NotBefore    *time.Time `json:"not_before,omitempty"`
+	NotAfter     *time.Time `json:"not_after,omitempty"`
+	Issuer       string     `json:"issuer,omitempty"`
+	Serial       string     `json:"serial,omitempty"`
+	RenewAt      *time.Time `json:"renew_at,omitempty"`
+	LastAttempt  *time.Time `json:"last_attempt,omitempty"`
+	LastSuccess  *time.Time `json:"last_success,omitempty"`
+	LastError    string     `json:"last_error,omitempty"`
+	Failures     int        `json:"failures,omitempty"`
+	LastRoutes   []string   `json:"last_routes,omitempty"`
+	Status       certStatus `json:"status"`
+	NextAttempt  *time.Time `json:"next_attempt,omitempty"`
+	IssuingSince *time.Time `json:"issuing_since,omitempty"`
+	Serving      bool       `json:"serving,omitempty"`
+	Files        *struct {
+		Chain string `json:"chain"`
+		Key   string `json:"key"`
+	} `json:"files,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type certAccount struct {
+	Directory            string     `json:"directory"`
+	Email                string     `json:"email"`
+	AgreeTOS             bool       `json:"agree_tos"`
+	EAB                  bool       `json:"eab"`
+	Registered           bool       `json:"registered"`
+	URI                  string     `json:"uri"`
+	RegisteredAt         *time.Time `json:"registered_at"`
+	Porkbun              bool       `json:"porkbun"`
+	Resolvers            []string   `json:"resolvers"`
+	Dir                  string     `json:"dir"`
+	ActiveWebCertificate string     `json:"active_web_certificate"`
+}
+
+type certRoute struct {
+	Domain   string   `json:"domain"`
+	Record   string   `json:"record"`
+	Target   string   `json:"target"`
+	Route    string   `json:"route"`
+	Zone     string   `json:"zone"`
+	PublicNS []string `json:"public_ns"`
+	Why      string   `json:"why"`
+	Error    string   `json:"error"`
+}
+
+func certPath(name string) string { return "/certificates/" + url.PathEscape(name) }
+
+func certCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "cert",
+		Aliases: []string{"certificate", "certificates"},
+		Short:   "TLS certificates Jarl obtains and renews, or reads from files (docs/certificates.md)",
+		Long: `Certificates for jarld's own HTTPS (use "web") and for named's DNS over
+TLS and HTTPS (use "dns": written where named can read them).
+
+Jarl obtains them from an ACME CA (Let's Encrypt by default; the account is
+set up in jarl.yaml under acme.account) and renews them itself. It answers
+the DNS-01 challenges in a zone it serves, or through Porkbun's API while
+Porkbun serves the domain ("auto" decides at every renewal from the
+domain's public name servers). A certificate you renew yourself can be
+used too (--cert-file and --key-file): Jarl rereads it when it changes.`,
+		Example: `  jarl cert check --domain ns1.adbraun.lol                # where would the challenge go?
+  jarl cert create ns1 --domain ns1.adbraun.lol --use web --use dns
+  jarl cert create wild --domain adbraun.lol --domain '*.adbraun.lol' --use dns
+  jarl cert create own --cert-file /etc/ssl/ns1/fullchain.pem --key-file /etc/ssl/ns1/privkey.pem --use web
+  jarl cert list
+  jarl cert issue ns1                                      # renew now
+  jarl cert update ns1 --challenge porkbun                 # pin the route (auto, jarl or porkbun)`,
+	}
+	cmd.AddCommand(certListCmd(), certShowCmd(), certCreateCmd(), certUpdateCmd(), certIssueCmd(), certCheckCmd(), certDeleteCmd(), certAccountCmd())
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func certListCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "list",
+		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
+		Short:   "List certificates",
+		Args:    cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var r struct {
+				Certificates []certInfo `json:"certificates"`
+			}
+			if err := c.Get(ctx(), "/certificates", nil, &r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return output(r.Certificates, func(w io.Writer) {
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "NAME\tSOURCE\tUSES\tNAMES\tEXPIRES\tSTATUS")
+				for _, ci := range r.Certificates {
+					names := ci.Names
+					if len(names) == 0 {
+						names = ci.Domains
+					}
+					state := ci.Status.State
+					if ci.IssuingSince != nil {
+						state = "obtaining"
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", ci.Name, ci.Source, dash(strings.Join(ci.Uses, ",")), strings.Join(names, " "), fmtDate(ci.NotAfter), state)
+				}
+			})
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func fmtDate(t *time.Time) string {
+	if t == nil {
+		return "-"
+	}
+	return t.Local().Format("2006-01-02")
+}
+
+func printCert(w io.Writer, ci certInfo) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Name:\t%s\n", ci.Name)
+	switch ci.Source {
+	case "acme":
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Source:\tacme (Jarl obtains and renews it)\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Domains:\t%s\n", strings.Join(ci.Domains, " "))
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Challenge:\t%s\n", ci.Challenge)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Key type:\t%s\n", ci.KeyType)
+	default:
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Source:\tfile (you renew it)\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Cert file:\t%s\n", ci.CertFile)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Key file:\t%s\n", ci.KeyFile)
+	}
+	uses := []string{}
+	for _, u := range ci.Uses {
+		switch u {
+		case "web":
+			s := "web (jarld's HTTPS"
+			if ci.Serving {
+				s += ", serving now"
+			}
+			uses = append(uses, s+")")
+		case "dns":
+			uses = append(uses, "dns (for named)")
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Uses:\t%s\n", dash(strings.Join(uses, ", ")))
+	if ci.Comment != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Comment:\t%s\n", ci.Comment)
+	}
+	state := ci.Status.State
+	if ci.Status.Message != "" {
+		state += ": " + ci.Status.Message
+	}
+	if ci.IssuingSince != nil {
+		state = "obtaining since " + fmtTime(ci.IssuingSince)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Status:\t%s\n", state)
+	if ci.NotAfter != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Names:\t%s\n", strings.Join(ci.Names, " "))
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Valid:\t%s to %s\n", fmtTime(ci.NotBefore), fmtTime(ci.NotAfter))
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Issuer:\t%s\n", ci.Issuer)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Serial:\t%s\n", ci.Serial)
+	}
+	if ci.Source == "acme" {
+		if ci.NextAttempt != nil && ci.NotAfter != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Renews:\t%s\n", fmtTime(ci.NextAttempt))
+		} else if ci.NextAttempt != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Next try:\t%s\n", fmtTime(ci.NextAttempt))
+		}
+		if len(ci.LastRoutes) > 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Challenges:\t%s\n", strings.Join(ci.LastRoutes, "; "))
+		}
+	}
+	if ci.LastSuccess != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Last success:\t%s\n", fmtTime(ci.LastSuccess))
+	}
+	if ci.LastError != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Last error:\t%s\n", ci.LastError)
+	}
+	if ci.Files != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "For named:\t%s\n\t%s\n", ci.Files.Chain, ci.Files.Key)
+	}
+}
+
+func certShowCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "show NAME",
+		Short: "Show a certificate",
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var ci certInfo
+			if err := c.Get(ctx(), certPath(args[0]), nil, &ci); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return output(ci, func(w io.Writer) { printCert(w, ci) })
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+type certFlags struct {
+	domains            []string
+	uses               []string
+	challenge, keyType string
+	comment            string
+	certFile, keyFile  string
+}
+
+func (f *certFlags) add(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	fl := cmd.Flags()
+	fl.StringArrayVarP(&f.domains, "domain", "d", nil, "a name on the certificate (repeat for several; *.example.com for a wildcard)")
+	fl.StringArrayVarP(&f.uses, "use", "u", nil, "what it is for: web (jarld's HTTPS) or dns (named's DNS over TLS/HTTPS); repeat for both")
+	fl.StringVar(&f.challenge, "challenge", "", "where DNS-01 challenges go: auto (from the domain's public name servers), jarl or porkbun")
+	fl.StringVar(&f.keyType, "key-type", "", "key type: ec256 (default), ec384, rsa2048, rsa3072 or rsa4096")
+	fl.StringVar(&f.comment, "comment", "", "a comment")
+	fl.StringVar(&f.certFile, "cert-file", "", "a certificate you renew yourself: the full chain (PEM)")
+	fl.StringVar(&f.keyFile, "key-file", "", "its private key (PEM)")
+}
+
+func (f *certFlags) body(cmd *cobra.Command) map[string]any {
+	b := map[string]any{}
+	ch := cmd.Flags().Changed
+	if ch("domain") {
+		b["domains"] = f.domains
+	}
+	if ch("use") {
+		uses := []string{}
+		for _, u := range f.uses {
+			for _, x := range strings.Split(u, ",") {
+				if x = strings.TrimSpace(x); x != "" && x != "none" {
+					uses = append(uses, x)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		b["uses"] = uses
+	}
+	for flag, key := range map[string]string{"challenge": "challenge", "key-type": "key_type", "comment": "comment", "cert-file": "cert_file", "key-file": "key_file"} {
+		if ch(flag) {
+			v, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(flag)
+			b[key] = v
+		}
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func certCreateCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var f certFlags
+	var noIssue, noWait bool
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "create NAME",
+		Short: "Add a certificate: obtained by Jarl (--domain), or one you renew (--cert-file, --key-file)",
+		Long: `Adds a certificate. With --domain, Jarl obtains it from the CA at once
+(and renews it from then on); the command waits for the outcome. With
+--cert-file and --key-file it is a certificate you renew yourself, which
+Jarl reads (and rereads when the files change).
+
+The name is used for the files for named (<certificates.dir>/NAME/).`,
+		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			b := f.body(cmd)
+			b["name"] = args[0]
+			b["source"] = "acme"
+			if f.certFile != "" || f.keyFile != "" {
+				b["source"] = "file"
+			}
+			b["issue"] = !noIssue
+			var r struct {
+				Certificate certInfo `json:"certificate"`
+				Error       string   `json:"error"`
+			}
+			if err := c.Do(ctx(), "POST", "/certificates", nil, b, &r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if r.Certificate.IssuingSince != nil && !noWait {
+				return waitIssue(c, args[0])
+			}
+			if r.Error != "" {
+				return errors.New(r.Error)
+			}
+			return output(r.Certificate, func(w io.Writer) { printCert(w, r.Certificate) })
+		},
+	}
+	f.add(cmd)
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&noIssue, "no-issue", false, "don't obtain it now (jarld does within minutes)")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&noWait, "no-wait", false, "return at once instead of waiting for the CA")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func certUpdateCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var f certFlags
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "update NAME",
+		Short: "Change a certificate (--domain and --use replace the whole list)",
+		Long: `Changes a certificate. --domain and --use replace the whole list
+(--use none for no use). New names or a new key type make Jarl obtain it
+again soon (run 'jarl cert issue NAME' to do it now).`,
+		Example: `  jarl cert update ns1 --use web --use dns
+  jarl cert update ns1 --challenge auto
+  jarl cert update ns1 --domain ns1.adbraun.lol --domain dns.adbraun.lol`,
+		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			b := f.body(cmd)
+			if len(b) == 0 {
+				return errors.New("nothing to change")
+			}
+			var r struct {
+				Certificate certInfo `json:"certificate"`
+			}
+			if err := c.Do(ctx(), "PATCH", certPath(args[0]), nil, b, &r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return output(r.Certificate, func(w io.Writer) { printCert(w, r.Certificate) })
+		},
+	}
+	f.add(cmd)
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func certIssueCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var noWait bool
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "issue NAME",
+		Aliases: []string{"renew"},
+		Short:   "Obtain the certificate now (reread the files of one you renew yourself)",
+		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var r struct {
+				Certificate certInfo `json:"certificate"`
+				Error       string   `json:"error"`
+			}
+			if err := c.Do(ctx(), "POST", certPath(args[0])+"/issue", nil, map[string]any{}, &r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if r.Error != "" {
+				return errors.New(r.Error)
+			}
+			if r.Certificate.IssuingSince != nil && !noWait {
+				return waitIssue(c, args[0])
+			}
+			return output(r.Certificate, func(w io.Writer) { printCert(w, r.Certificate) })
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&noWait, "no-wait", false, "return at once instead of waiting for the CA")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+// waitIssue polls until jarld has finished obtaining the certificate and
+// reports the outcome.
+func waitIssue(c *client.Client, name string) error {
+	tty := !flagQuiet && flagOutput == "table"
+	if tty {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Obtaining %s from the CA (this can take a few minutes while the challenges reach every name server)", name)
+	}
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(20 * time.Minute)
+	var ci certInfo
+	for {
+		ci = certInfo{} // a field the answer leaves out must not keep the last value
+		if err := c.Get(ctx(), certPath(name), nil, &ci); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if ci.IssuingSince == nil || time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			break
+		}
+		if tty {
+			fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, ".")
+		}
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	}
+	if tty {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr)
+	}
+	if ci.IssuingSince != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("jarld is still obtaining %s; check later with: jarl cert show %s", name, name)
+	}
+	if err := output(ci, func(w io.Writer) { printCert(w, ci) }); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if ci.LastError != "" && (ci.LastSuccess == nil || ci.LastAttempt != nil && ci.LastAttempt.After(*ci.LastSuccess)) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("obtaining %s failed (jarld tries again at %s)", name, fmtTime(ci.NextAttempt))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func certCheckCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var f certFlags
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "check [NAME]",
+		Short: "Show where each name's DNS-01 challenge would go, without asking the CA",
+		Long: `For an existing certificate, or for --domain names, shows where Jarl would
+publish each DNS-01 challenge (in a zone it serves, or at Porkbun) and why,
+seen from the resolvers in acme.resolvers, as the CA would see it. Nothing
+is published and the CA isn't asked.`,
+		Example: `  jarl cert check ns1
+  jarl cert check --domain ns1.adbraun.lol --domain '*.adbraun.lol'`,
+		Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var r struct {
+				OK      bool        `json:"ok"`
+				Routes  []certRoute `json:"routes"`
+				Account certAccount `json:"account"`
+			}
+			if len(args) == 1 {
+				err = c.Do(ctx(), "POST", certPath(args[0])+"/check", nil, map[string]any{}, &r)
+			} else {
+				b := f.body(cmd)
+				if b["domains"] == nil {
+					return errors.New("give a certificate name, or --domain")
+				}
+				err = c.Do(ctx(), "POST", "/certificates/check", nil, b, &r)
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := output(r, func(w io.Writer) {
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "NAME\tROUTE\tRECORD\tWHY")
+				for _, rt := range r.Routes {
+					rec := strings.TrimSuffix(rt.Target, ".")
+					if rt.Target != rt.Record && rt.Target != "" {
+						rec += " (CNAME from " + strings.TrimSuffix(rt.Record, ".") + ")"
+					}
+					if rt.Error != "" {
+						fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", rt.Domain, "none", dash(rec), rt.Error)
+						continue
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", rt.Domain, rt.Route, rec, rt.Why)
+				}
+				if !r.Account.AgreeTOS {
+					fmt.Fprintln(w, "\nNote: acme.account.agree_tos isn't set in jarl.yaml, so Jarl can't register with the CA yet.")
+				}
+			}); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !r.OK {
+				return errors.New("not every name can be validated")
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&f.domains, "domain", "d", nil, "a name to check (repeat for several)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&f.challenge, "challenge", "", "the challenge setting to check with: auto, jarl or porkbun")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func certDeleteCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var yes bool
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "delete NAME",
+		Short: "Delete a certificate (and its files for named)",
+		Long: `Deletes a certificate. Its files for named are removed, so take it out of
+any tls block in named's configuration first. If jarld served it, jarld
+goes back to tls.cert_file, or to plain HTTP.`,
+		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if !confirm("Delete certificate "+args[0]+"?", yes) {
+				return errors.New("aborted")
+			}
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := c.Do(ctx(), "DELETE", certPath(args[0]), nil, nil, nil); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !flagQuiet {
+				fmt.Println("deleted certificate", args[0])
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&yes, "yes", "y", false, "don't ask")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func certAccountCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "account",
+		Short: "Show the ACME account and settings (set in jarl.yaml under acme)",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			c, err := newClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var r struct {
+				Account certAccount `json:"account"`
+			}
+			if err := c.Get(ctx(), "/certificates", nil, &r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			a := r.Account
+			return output(a, func(w io.Writer) {
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Directory:\t%s\n", a.Directory)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Email:\t%s\n", dash(a.Email))
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Terms agreed:\t%v\n", a.AgreeTOS)
+				if a.Registered {
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Account:\t%s (since %s)\n", a.URI, fmtTime(a.RegisteredAt))
+				} else {
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Account:\tnot registered yet (it is, with the first certificate)\n")
+				}
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "EAB:\t%v\n", a.EAB)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Porkbun:\t%v\n", a.Porkbun)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Resolvers:\t%s\n", strings.Join(a.Resolvers, " "))
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Files for named:\t%s\n", a.Dir)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Serving HTTPS with:\t%s\n", dash(a.ActiveWebCertificate))
+			})
+		},
+	}
+}

cmd/jarl/main.go

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Exit codes: 0 ok, 1 error, 3 not authenticated or not allowed, 4 not found,
 	}
 	add("dns", zoneCmd(), recordCmd(), viewCmd(), aclCmd(), tsigCmd(), optionCmd(), settingsCmd(), blockCmd(), blocklistCmd(), acmeCmd(), searchCmd(), statsCmd())
 	add("changes", applyCmd(), changesetCmd(), historyCmd())
-	add("admin", statusCmd(), exposureCmd(), whoamiCmd(), userCmd(), tokenCmd(), auditCmd(), checkCmd(), resyncCmd(), configCmd())
+	add("admin", statusCmd(), exposureCmd(), certCmd(), whoamiCmd(), userCmd(), tokenCmd(), auditCmd(), checkCmd(), resyncCmd(), configCmd())
 	setupCompletion(root)
 	return root
 }

cmd/jarld/main.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"jarl/internal/auth"
 	"jarl/internal/bind"
+	"jarl/internal/certs"
 	"jarl/internal/config"
 	"jarl/internal/engine"
 	"jarl/internal/model"
@@ -310,6 +311,18 @@ func serveCmd() *cobra.Command {
 					a.log.Warn("the configuration file holds metrics.token and everyone can read it; make it readable only by root and jarld (chown root:jarl, chmod 640)", "file", configPath)
 				}
 			}
+			cm := certs.New(certs.Config{
+				Directory: a.cfg.ACME.Account.DirectoryURL(), Email: a.cfg.ACME.Account.Email, AgreeTOS: a.cfg.ACME.Account.AgreeTOS,
+				EABKeyID: a.cfg.ACME.Account.EABKeyID, EABHMAC: a.cfg.ACME.Account.EABHMAC,
+				Resolvers: a.cfg.ACME.Resolvers, CABundle: a.cfg.ACME.CABundle, CheckPropagation: a.cfg.ACME.CheckPropagation,
+				Dir: a.cfg.CertDir(), Version: version.String(), Porkbun: pb, PorkbunAllows: a.cfg.Porkbun.Allows,
+			}, a.store, a.eng, a.log)
+			cm.Start(ctx)
+			if a.cfg.ACME.Account.EABHMAC != "" {
+				if fi, err := os.Stat(configPath); err == nil && fi.Mode().Perm()&0o004 != 0 {
+					a.log.Warn("the configuration file holds acme.account.eab_hmac and everyone can read it; make it readable only by root and jarld (chown root:jarl, chmod 640)", "file", configPath)
+				}
+			}
 			srv := server.New(server.Config{
 				Listen: a.cfg.Listen, TLSCertFile: a.cfg.TLS.CertFile, TLSKeyFile: a.cfg.TLS.KeyFile,
 				TrustedProxies: a.cfg.Proxies(), SessionLifetime: time.Duration(a.cfg.Session.Lifetime),
@@ -320,6 +333,7 @@ func serveCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				TOTPRequire: a.cfg.TOTP.Require, TOTPIssuer: a.cfg.TOTP.IssuerName(),
 				Metrics: server.Metrics{Enabled: a.cfg.Metrics.Enabled, Listen: a.cfg.Metrics.Listen,
 					Allow: a.cfg.Metrics.AllowPrefixes(), Token: a.cfg.Metrics.Token},
+				Certs: cm,
 				HTTPReq: server.HTTPReq{
 					Enabled:           a.cfg.ACME.HTTPReq.Enabled,
 					AllowPlainHTTP:    !a.cfg.ACME.HTTPReq.RequireHTTPS,
@@ -337,6 +351,7 @@ func serveCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			}()
 			go auditRetention(ctx, a)
 			go blocklistLoop(ctx, a)
+			go cm.Run(ctx)
 			a.log.Info("jarld starting", "version", version.String(), "database", a.cfg.Database, "bind_config", a.cfg.BIND.ConfigDir)
 			err = srv.Serve(ctx, func() { sdNotify("READY=1\nSTATUS=serving") })
 			sdNotify("STOPPING=1")