From 032178bea05f2c17a734d64ed1f874e0f3eb9228 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Shih Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:36:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify possible existence of /etc/letsencrypt/cli.ini (#7449) --- docs/using.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/using.rst b/docs/using.rst index 458ab9a01..83d824058 100644 --- a/docs/using.rst +++ b/docs/using.rst @@ -917,8 +917,9 @@ Certbot accepts a global configuration file that applies its options to all invo of Certbot. Certificate specific configuration choices should be set in the ``.conf`` files that can be found in ``/etc/letsencrypt/renewal``. -By default no cli.ini file is created, after creating one -it is possible to specify the location of this configuration file with +By default no cli.ini file is created (though it may exist already if you installed Certbot +via a package manager, for instance). +After creating one it is possible to specify the location of this configuration file with ``certbot --config cli.ini`` (or shorter ``-c cli.ini``). An example configuration file is shown below: