[BlueOnyx:21136] Re: The following error occured during the SSL certificate request: The installation path for the certificates could not be determined.

[webmaster]

Thanks Chris and Michael,

Turns out it was stuff in .htaccess files that was doing it

Removed it and all certs renewed

Thanks!

-Tim


> Hi,
>
>> I am getting this when I try to renew a letsencrypt on a 5209R and on a
>> 52008R
>>
>> "The following error occured during the SSL certificate request: The
>> installation path for the certificates could not be determined."
>>
>> Anyone shed some light on this?
> Please check the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log and see
> what it reports. There could be a conflict between some python libraries.
>
> You might also want to run this command manually as "root" from SSH to
> see what it says:
>
> /usr/sausalito/letsencrypt/certbot-auto --no-self-upgrade --os-packages-only
>
> If it says ...
>
> OS packages installed.
>
> ... and nothing else, then your Let's Encrypt install is generally
> working and it just couldn't perform the online check of the SSL
> certificate.
>
> Reasons for the validation to fail are plenty. The common ones are:
>
> - Incorrect or missing DNS
> - An alias doesn't resolve or redirects elsewhere
> - .htaccess/mod_rewrite redirects active
> - General access problems from the outside to the verification file.
>