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Mock Certbot Renewal in Python for Testing
Simulates a Let's Encrypt certificate renewal by writing a mock certificate file and printing realistic certbot CLI output, without calling the actual certbot.
import subprocess
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from pathlib import Path
def renew_cert(domain: str, output_dir: str = "certs") -> str:
"""Simulate a Let's Encrypt renewal with mock certbot output."""
out = Path(output_dir)
out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
cert_path = out…ACME LetsEncrypt Mock Challenge Server in Python
A minimal HTTP server that serves key authorizations for ACME/Let's Encrypt DNS-01 or HTTP-01 challenges during testing and validation.
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
import json
# In-memory store simulating the ACME challenge token -> key authorization pair
challenge_store = {
"token_example": "token_example.key_authorization"
}
class AcmeChallengeHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
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