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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Thu May 31 17:23:20 2018
+
+@author: Pascal Gollor (https://gitbucket.pgollor.de)
+"""
+
+
+import os, sys, time
+
+
+def main():
+	d = os.environ.get('CERTBOT_DOMAIN')
+	if (not d):
+		sys.exit('CERTBOT_DOMAIN not set!')
+	# end if
+
+	v = os.environ.get('CERTBOT_VALIDATION')
+	if (not v):
+		sys.exit('CERTBOT_VALIDATION not set!')
+	# end if
+
+	# check domain
+	if (d.count('.') > 1):
+		sys.exit('Subdomains not supported!')
+	# end if
+
+	dirName = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
+	cmd = dirName + "/update-record.py -c " + dirName + "/conf.cfg" + " -r TXT --delete _acme-challenge." + d;
+	os.system(cmd)
+
+	# sleep to make sure the change has time to propagate over to DNS
+	time.sleep(25)
+# end main
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	main()
+# end if