Did certbot break on Ubuntu WordPress on 18.04 or vice versa

Posted on November 16, 2019
WordPress Ubuntu 18.04
Asked by Carroll

Fresh install running wp_setup.sh from /opt/digitalocean/

/usr/bin/wp 100%[===================>] 5.31M --.-KB/s in 0.07s

2019-11-16 14:16:59 (76.5 MB/s) - ‘/usr/bin/wp’ saved [5568133/5568133]

Completing the configuration of WordPress.Error: This does not seem to be a WordPress installation. Pass --path=path/to/wordpress or run wp core download. Error: This does not seem to be a WordPress installation. Pass --path=path/to/wordpress or run wp core download. Error: This does not seem to be a WordPress installation. Pass --path=path/to/wordpress or run wp core download. Installation complete. Access your new WordPress site in a browser to continue.

also can’t upload a theme, again, fresh installation of Ubuntu WordPress on 18.04

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Jason Peters • November 16, 2019

Accepted Answer

These errors are not from Certbot, but rather from the WP-CLI utility.Try upgrading or re-installing WP-CLI.

Carroll • November 16, 2019

Hey Jason, thanks for your time on this, I just installed the certbot manually

the problem was the apache config failed to write / rewrite certbot --apache settings

I ended up blasting the droplet, reinstalling and manually installing certbot :)