espie mentioned that the clue to use the staging server could be more explicit.
Maybe this is enough and not too intrusive?
Index: examples/acme-client.conf
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RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/examples/acme-client.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -p -r1.4 acme-client.conf
--- examples/acme-client.conf 17 Sep 2020 09:13:06 -0000 1.4
+++ examples/acme-client.conf 9 May 2023 18:46:15 -0000
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ domain example.com {
alternative names { secure.example.com }
domain key "/etc/ssl/private/example.com.key"
domain full chain certificate "/etc/ssl/example.com.fullchain.pem"
- sign with letsencrypt
+ # Test with the staging server to avoid aggressive rate-limiting.
+ #sign with letsencrypt
+ sign with letsencrypt-staging
}