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ali haider
Asked: 2016-01-23 07:42:30 +0800 CST

how do I change the admin email for let's encrypt?

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The email address used as the admin email when we started using let's encrypt needs to be modified (a former employee used his personal email address as the admin email and he is no longer with the firm). What steps need to be taken to get that modified (we can get the former employee to confirm this). We need to remove his personal email address and replace it with a new email address. This will be used for key recovery actions. In either case, I would like the former employee's personal email address to be removed. What steps do I need to take to accomplish this (if my understanding of the process is incorrect, kindly point me to the right direction). Thanks in advance.

lets-encrypt

5 Answers

  1. Use: 

    certbot-auto register --update-registration --email [email protected]

    or

    certbot register --update-registration --email [email protected]

    or 

    certbot update_account --email [email protected]

    certbot-auto or certbot will work if you have the executable under /usr/sbin. If you're unable to call certbot-auto globally, use the path to the certbot-auto file.

    Source: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/expiration-emails/

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  2. There is also a contact email address stored by the python letsencrypt client under: /etc/letsencrypt/accounts/acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory/{someKindOfHash}/regr.json

    I believe that if you create multiple certs from the same letsencrypt client instance, it reuses the email address stored in regr.json, at least for expiry alert emails.

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  3. Update based on https://letsencrypt.org/docs/expiration-emails/

    certbot update_account --email [email protected]

    Before This is just an update on n3rve's answer, since certbot-auto didn't work for me:

    certbot register --update-registration --email [email protected]
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  4. According to https://letsencrypt.org/docs/expiration-emails/

    certbot update_account --email [email protected]

    I guess it keeps on changing

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  5. Best Answer

    Because Let's Encrypt is a certificate authority, I'm guessing you want to update the data (an email) within your certificate.

    If the certificate was signed, there is no way to update it. A new certificate will need to be produced.

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