Upload challenge file to host via FTP

[ndouthit]

When manually generating a certificate, it would be useful to be able to FTP the challenge file to the host. Could be useful for people who may not have direct access to the host (like people who use a web hosting service).

At a glance the current BeforeAuthorize implementation would need to be altered if it were to be used in ManualPlugin.cs to perform this functionality.

Thoughts?

[Bryan-Legend]

It's a good idea. Maybe we could just parse and handle physical locations
like this: ftp://username:password@hostname/

Or it could be another plugin type with a different menu option.

We always have to worry about automating renewals though.

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Nathan D notifications@github.com wrote:

When manually generating a certificate, it would be useful to be able to
FTP the challenge file to the host. Could be useful for people who may not
have direct access to the host (like people who use a web hosting service).

At a glance the current BeforeAuthorize implementation would need to be
altered if it were to be used in ManualPlugin.cs to perform this
functionality.

Thoughts?

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[ndouthit]

I did some messing around and I'm thinking a separate plugin would make the most sense at least right now.

I don't see an easy way to do auto renewals especially if the certs are being generated manually on a personal PC. The only thing I can think of would be maybe a task scheduler to attempt an auto renewal. If it fails, it notifies the user.

Should cert revocation be a concern right now?

[jhaisley]

This could be done by using something like ftpuse which allows you to mount the ftp server as a local drive, but currently this doesn't work, because it doesn't allow for enough time for the answer to be uploaded. It would be nice if there was an option to retry or add an optional delay.

[rkerber]

Added in #113. Just select the f option when prompted.