Questions tagged [certbot]
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Can't install certbot on ubuntu 16.04.3
I'm trying to install certbot in my ubuntu 16.04.3 server, the same commands that work with 16.04.2 won't do it. The python installed is default Python 2.7.12
This is the installation script:
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install…

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Operation of certbot and nginx
I was hoping someone could satisfy my curiosity about how certbot and nginx interact during renewal time.
On my Linux host, I set up certbot and the certbot-nginx plugin.
I had some regular nginx site definitions set up in /etc/nginx/conf.d, and…

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certbot renew crashes nginx and all websites go offline
When sudo certbot renew command is run, nginx server is crashing. The error log in systemd looks like this:
- The job identifier is 48862.
Sep 01 11:31:52 phoenix.medialab.ntua.gr systemd[1]: nginx.service: Main process exited, code=dumped,…

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Could not allocate new session in SSL session shared cache "le_nginx_SSL" while SSL handshaking
I have a centos 8 server with nginx and certbot installed. When I check:
cat /var/log/nginx/error.log
I get this error a lot:
[alert] 2245236#0: *42902735 could not allocate new session in SSL session shared cache "le_nginx_SSL" while SSL…

Adrien Parad
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Certbot (LetsEncrypt) on custom port (Nginx OR apache)
I've found many similar questions, people asking about how-to setup SSL on different ports (other than 80/443), i.e. 1234 port.
However, all answers were like use redirection or proxying requests or dns-validation (instead of http) or use…

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Can't find certbot cron job after successful installation
I've developed a REST API in Node and installed nginx as reverse proxy in front of that in order to handle the SSL certificate from Letsencrypt. It's the first time I've set up nginx but everything seems to work as intended. The certbot installation…

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Can I enable TLS 1.3 with Certbot?
I am working with Nginx and Certbot, I have secured a domain with HTTPS. I would like to get the domain up to TLS 1.3.
The Nginx server block for my domain get's it's SSL protocols from the included file Certbot creates.
The file…

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How can I retrieve my Let's Encrypt registration's current email address?
I understand that Let's Encrypt maintains an email address as a registration and recovery contact for every "account." This email address is used to notify the owner of the certificates of upcoming expirations as well as warn of other problems with…

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Migrating certbot/letsencrypt certificate to new server
I have a server out there that supports HTTPS using a certbot/letsencrypt certificate.
I am doing a general software upgrade so to minimize risks and downtime, I'm installing new releases on a new server on which I import the live server data for…

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Export client certificate from Let's Encrypt certificates
I'm running Debian and have certbot for creating Let's Encrypt certificate.
I act as client towards a TLS server, and needs to handover my client certificate for approval.
I've got the following files generated by…

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TLS v1.3 not active despite being enabled in NGINX config (certbot --nginx)
I recently set up a site with certbot --nginx -d . In /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf, I added TLSv1.3 to the ssl_protocols directive. However, when I visit the site (Chrome 68), the security tab shows TLSv1.2. I tested the site with…

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lighttpd proxy all except .well-known for letsencrypt
I want to configure lighttpd to accept requests from letsencrypt service for cert renewal, but I have a problems with the configuration because it's using as proxy server, so my /.well-known is not available using HTTPS. Config files below. Any…

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nginx certbot certificate www and non-www
I haven't really wrapped my head around how to create (working) certificates using certbot for nginx.
My sites-enables now look like this:
First, a block for the www domain with SSL. All the SSL stuff is created by certbot.
server {
root …
index ……

Mattis Erngren
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Let's encrypt certificate and NGINX - Cannot find a cert or key directive
My server runs on a LEMP Stack Ubuntu 16.04 and last version of nginx
I already have a SSL certificate installed on my server for the following domains and subdomains : example.com, domain1.example.com and everything is working fine.
What I try to…

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How to use Certbot with server in docker container?
I have Tomcat 8 running in a docker container. Specifically, the image tomcat:8-jre8 . I am trying to install a certificate from Let's Encrypt in order to get all communications to the server to run over https. The issue I am having is that I am not…

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