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Certbot unable to locate virtual host

My apache2/sites-available/mydomain.com.conf file <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@mydomain.com ServerName mydomain.com ServerAlias www.mydomain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost>

When I run the following: sudo certbot --apache -d mydomain.com -d www.mydomain.com

I get the following output: Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log Plugins selected: Authenticator apache, Installer apache Cert not yet due for renewal

You have an existing certificate that has exactly the same domains or certificate name you requested and isn’t close to expiry. (ref: /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/mydomain.com.conf)

What would you like to do?


1: Attempt to reinstall this existing certificate 2: Renew & replace the cert (limit ~5 per 7 days)


Select the appropriate number [1-2] then [enter] (press ‘c’ to cancel): 1 Keeping the existing certificate No vhost exists with servername or alias of mydomain.com. No vhost was selected. Please specify ServerName or ServerAlias in the Apache config. No vhost selected

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • Unable to install the certificate
  • Congratulations! Your certificate and chain have been saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/mydomain.com/fullchain.pem Your key file has been saved at: /etc/letsencrypt/live/mydomain.com/privkey.pem Your cert will expire on 2020-01-11. To obtain a new or tweaked version of this certificate in the future, simply run certbot again with the “certonly” option. To non-interactively renew all of your certificates, run “certbot renew”

What have I done wrong and how can I resolve it?

Thanks


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alexdo
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October 13, 2019
Accepted Answer

Hey, @damianyates

Can you check if the saved SSL’s fullchain in /etc/letsencrypt/live/mydomain.com/fullchain.pem is the one you need?

If that is correct you can copy the files to the directory where your Apache conf SSL block is checking against.

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