DNS plugin instructions are wrong for macOS

[alexzorin]

https://certbot.eff.org/instructions?ws=other&os=osx → click the "Wildcard" tab.

DNS plugins are not available via Homebrew. The instructions should reflect this.

[ecker00]

For people looking for the correct instructions in the mean time, what is the correct approach to install these plugins without brew?

Edit: Found the answer: pip3.9 install certbot-dns-cloudflare

[alexzorin]

I would suggest following the official pip instructions here: https://certbot.eff.org/instructions?ws=other&os=pip. Installing plugins directly with pip like that may lead to problems during upgrades of your system and the Certbot brew installation.

[jvanasco]

There are workarounds (old and new, possibly none working currently) for this in certbot/certbot#5680

However, I think @alexzorin's advice is better and perhaps a bit unclear, so I will rephrase:

Users will be much better off installing Certbot and any plugins from pip, and not using homebrew for this at all.

[zoracon]

Updating for E&D to amend instructions

• Correct step 5 under the wildcard tab "Install correct DNS plugin" to:
  $(brew --prefix certbot)/libexec/bin/python3 -m pip install certbot-dns-<PLUGIN>
$(brew --prefix certbot)/libexec/bin/python3 -m pip install certbot-dns-cloudflare
• Amend language about running standalone and root in MacOS for Apache and Nginx. These plugins are included in the Certbot Homebrew package

[wgreenberg]

Done!