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Getting ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID error

Hi, I created droplet in Digital Ocean where I am running my nodejs application. I bought a domain in Namecheap and point it to my ip adress of a droplet. I also installed let’s encrypt ssl for that domain in my droplet. When I access to my domain I am getting an error: ‘An application is stopping Chrome from safely connecting to this site’ (NET:ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID). I am attaching my nginx default config below Do you know if this is because I am using the free let’s encrypt ssl or there is something wrong in my settings?



server {

    server_name domain www.domain;

    location / {

proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;

    }


    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot

    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot

    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot

    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot

}

server {

    if ($host = www.domain) {

        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;

    } # managed by Certbot


    if ($host = domain) {

        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;

    } # managed by Certbot


    listen 80;

    server_name domain www.domain;

    return 404; # managed by Certbot
}

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Bobby Iliev
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April 26, 2023

Hi there,

The error message you’re encountering, NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID, indicates that there might be an issue with the SSL certificate or its configuration. This error is not because you’re using a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, as they are trusted by most modern browsers.

Here are a few things that I could suggest:

  1. Check the SSL certificate and key paths to ensure they are correct and the files exist:
ls -lah /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain/fullchain.pem
ls -lah /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain/privkey.pem
  1. Restart Nginx after making any changes to the configuration file:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
  1. Ensure that your domain’s DNS settings are correctly pointing to your DigitalOcean droplet’s IP address. You can use this tool to check that:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/dns

If the issue persists, you may want to consider reissuing the SSL certificate using Certbot or checking the Certbot logs for any errors. You can do that by running the certbot command again.

Let me know how it goes!

Best,

Bobby

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