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docs: rewrite "Automated Renewals" in User Guide (#8717)

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@@ -515,11 +515,8 @@ Renewing certificates
days). Make sure you renew the certificates at least once in 3
months.
.. seealso:: Many of the certbot clients obtained through a
distribution come with automatic renewal out of the box,
such as Debian and Ubuntu versions installed through `apt`,
CentOS/RHEL 7 through EPEL, etc. See `Automated Renewals`_
for more details.
.. seealso:: Most Certbot installations come with automatic
renewal out of the box. See `Automated Renewals`_ for more details.
As of version 0.10.0, Certbot supports a ``renew`` action to check
all installed certificates for impending expiry and attempt to renew
@@ -689,27 +686,15 @@ The following commands could be used to specify where these files are located::
Automated Renewals
------------------
Many Linux distributions provide automated renewal when you use the
packages installed through their system package manager. The
following table is an *incomplete* list of distributions which do so,
as well as their methods for doing so.
Most Certbot installations come with automatic renewals preconfigured. This
is done by means of a scheduled task which runs ``certbot renew`` periodically.
If you are not sure whether or not your system has this already
automated, refer to your distribution's documentation, or check your
system's crontab (typically in `/etc/crontab/` and `/etc/cron.*/*` and
systemd timers (`systemctl list-timers`).
If you are unsure whether you need to configure automated renewal:
.. csv-table:: Distributions with Automated Renewal
:header: "Distribution Name", "Distribution Version", "Automation Method"
"CentOS", "EPEL 7", "systemd"
"Debian", "stretch", "cron, systemd"
"Debian", "testing/sid", "cron, systemd"
"Fedora", "26", "systemd"
"Fedora", "27", "systemd"
"RHEL", "EPEL 7", "systemd"
"Ubuntu", "17.10", "cron, systemd"
"Ubuntu", "certbot PPA", "cron, systemd"
1. Review the instructions for your system at https://certbot.eff.org/instructions.
They will describe how to set up a scheduled task, if necessary.
2. (Linux/BSD): Check your system's crontab (typically `/etc/crontab` and
`/etc/cron.*/*`) and systemd timers (``systemctl list-timers``).
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