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CertBot apache issue

Posted December 30, 2018 1k views
Apache

I basically hit this issue after following the apache -> ubuntu 17.10 setup

Error while running apache2ctl configtest.
Action ‘configtest’ failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.

apache2: Syntax error on line 226 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 33 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default-le-ssl.conf: Could no t open configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf: No such file or directory

So its missing a file but what should I do? Just create a blank file?

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  • Will123 December 30, 2018
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    Basically I had it working for a website, then I changed domains and removed certbot and installed again. I’m guessing its either a apache missing file or its looking for the domains I had before and I didn’t actually fully remove?

    Do I just run

    apt purge certbot

    to fully remove?

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jarland December 30, 2018

Hey friend,

In this case removing certbot removed files that were referenced in the Apache configurations. You’ll need to clean them out. Try moving /etc/apache2/sites-enable/000-default-le-ssl.conf to another location (/root is fine) and restarting Apache.

Jarland

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  • Will123 December 30, 2018

    This actually did fix my issue, Sadly I cannot seem to correctly purge it though. Its still managing to find my old domains and it refuses to let me add in new ones.

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Will123 December 30, 2018

Got it working, had to manually edit the apache2 certbog files. Ty

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Will123 December 30, 2018

Is this giving a version that is no longer supported?

https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntuartful-apache

It gives me this error after successfully doing the setup,

Client with the currently selected authenticator does not support any combination of challenges that will satisfy the CA.

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Will123 December 31, 2018

Resolved, had to update ubuntu :)

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