Question
certbot issue - which names would you like to activate HTTPS
when I run sudo certbot --apache it asks:
which names would you like to activate HTTPS for
i.e. “ww.myDomain.com” and not “www.myDomain.com”
have checked the .conf files and there is no ww.myDomain.com (possibly previous typo).
should I start again, if so how?
e.g. sudo certbot renew --apache -d myDomain.com -d www.myDomain.com
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Heya @fingers,
Try restarting Apache and use certbot again. Also use the command
grep -r ww.myDomain.com /etc/apache2/*and see if you have any hits there.Hi there,
Certbot will usually automatically pick up all of the
ServerNameandServerAliasdomains defined in the/etc/apache2/directory.As it is reporting
ww.yourdomain.comas one of the domains it sounds like that you just have a typo that you need to fix in your virtual host files.What you could do is check the files in the
/etc/apache2/sites-enableddirectory and correct theServerAliasdomain name to be withwwwrather thanww.After that run a config test with
sudo apachectl -tand if you getSyntax Okrestart the service:After that run the
certbotcommand again.Let me know how it goes.
- Bobby
tried grep -r ww.myDomain.com /etc/apache2/* but only www.myDomain.com found (not ww.myDomain.com) in
/etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.conf:ServerAlias
/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default-le-ssl.conf:ServerAlias
/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf: ServerAlias
all appears to be ok just when I run sudo certbot --apache it asks:
which names would you like to activate HTTPS for
perhaps it does this for all domains? and is an issue with Digital Ocean or certbot?