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Certbot auto renew error. Cannot bind to port 80 can install but how to get script to work?

Posted June 9, 2018 1.6k views
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Hello i installed certificate using this link

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-certbot-standalone-mode-to-retrieve-let-s-encrypt-ssl-certificates,

it has an issue binding to port 80 so i had to turn of Apache to install it and then turned it back on. with the auto renew script it gets the same error, how do i get it to work properly with out needing to turn of apache each time?

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bobbyiliev November 15, 2019

Hello,

In order to issue your Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, you need to make sure that your domain name is pointing to your server. This essentially means that your A record needs to match your server IP. This is how Let’s Encrypt validates your domain name.

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Bobby

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