nextcloud server domain redirect apache/LE fails

Posted on May 25, 2019

Hi folks, I´m sucessfully running a nextcloud 16.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 with apache 2.4.29. I´ve set up a DDNS on my router and ports 80 and 443 are enabled. Problem is accessing my site. It directs me to the apache default page. Access via localhost works fine.

apachectl -S
VirtualHost configuration:
*:80                   countomega.dnshome.de (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-nextcloud.conf:1)
*:443                  countomega.dnshome.de (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-nextcloud.conf:51)
ServerRoot: "/etc/apache2"
Main DocumentRoot: "/var/www/html"
Main ErrorLog: "/var/log/apache2/error.log"
Mutex watchdog-callback: using_defaults
Mutex rewrite-map: using_defaults
Mutex ssl-stapling-refresh: using_defaults
Mutex ssl-stapling: using_defaults
Mutex ssl-cache: using_defaults
Mutex default: dir="/var/run/apache2/" mechanism=default
Mutex mpm-accept: using_defaults
PidFile: "/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid"
Define: DUMP_VHOSTS
Define: DUMP_RUN_CFG
User: name="www-data" id=33
Group: name="www-data" id=33

Any ideas? Furthermore, creating a certificate with Let´s Encrypt doesn´t work, too.

certbot --apache
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator apache, Installer apache

Which names would you like to activate HTTPS for?
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1: countomega.dnshome.de
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Select the appropriate numbers separated by commas and/or spaces, or leave input
blank to select all options shown (Enter 'c' to cancel): 1
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for countomega.dnshome.de
Waiting for verification...
Cleaning up challenges
Failed authorization procedure. countomega.dnshome.de (http-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized :: The client lacks sufficient authorization :: Invalid response from http://countomega.dnshome.de/.well-known/acme-challenge/8U9p_2vkcqw9tkPynA8tPSBNqnkU5sv6Ba5gn1nL1yc [93.212.147.28]: "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN\">\n<html><head>\n<title>404 Not Found</title>\n</head><body>\n<h1>Not Found</h1>\n<p"

IMPORTANT NOTES:
 - The following errors were reported by the server:

   Domain: countomega.dnshome.de
   Type:   unauthorized
   Detail: Invalid response from
   http://countomega.dnshome.de/.well-known/acme-challenge/8U9p_2vkcqw9tkPynA8tPSBNqnkU5sv6Ba5gn1nL1yc
   [93.212.147.28]: "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//IETF//DTD HTML
   2.0//EN\">\n<html><head>\n<title>404 Not
   Found</title>\n</head><body>\n<h1>Not Found</h1>\n<p"

   To fix these errors, please make sure that your domain name was
   entered correctly and the DNS A/AAAA record(s) for that domain
   contain(s) the right IP address.

Any help would be appriciated.

Thanks in advance

Count Omega

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alexdo

November 30, 2019

Hello, @CountOmega

I hope you’ve already sorted this, but I wanted to check if this is still present. Have you checked the Apache virtual host for your domain name and make sure it’s pointing to the correct root directory (where the site’s files are hosted/located)

Let me know how it goes.

Regards, Alex