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I've spent a significant time trying to get Let's Encrypt certbot loaded in webmin (apache). I've followed about 6 different tutorials but I am still unable to get the certbot loaded.

Anyone willing to answer a few questions?
 
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dogstyle007 said:
What are your questions?
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@dogstyle007 - Thanks for the offer to help!!

Tutorial I'm following is here in Virtualmin

Error:
request failed : Web-based validation failed : Failed to request certificate :
DNS-based validation failed : Only the official Let's Encrypt client supports DNS-based validation

I'm not sure if it makes a difference but the server is for hosting Mailwizz application
 
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Why use webmin for that? Just login via ssh, do

Code: 
sudo apt install certbot

and then run certbot with both www and non www versions of the domain. It's pretty easy.
Edit:
the command for generating certificate might look something like this:
Code: 
certbot run  -d www.example.com -d example.com
 
I'm not a 'coder" - I guess it's time to learn :) I'll check out some tutorials.

Thanks for the tip @Gogol
 
ZeroDefects said:
@dogstyle007 - Thanks for the offer to help!!

Tutorial I'm following is here in Virtualmin

Error:
request failed : Web-based validation failed : Failed to request certificate :
DNS-based validation failed : Only the official Let's Encrypt client supports DNS-based validation

I'm not sure if it makes a difference but the server is for hosting Mailwizz application
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You're welcome..

Well, first I'd recommend you switch to nginx web server it's a lot more better than Apache.

The error you are getting might relate to a few things..

First, Are you using a domain to get the certificate or just your server IP?

And are you using cloudflare?

Also, it will be a lot more convenient to manage your server yourself than using a web panel IMO.

You could search on Google how to setup nginx web server and learn yourself.
 
ZeroDefects said:
@dogstyle007 - Thanks for the offer to help!!

Tutorial I'm following is here in Virtualmin

Error:
request failed : Web-based validation failed : Failed to request certificate :
DNS-based validation failed : Only the official Let's Encrypt client supports DNS-based validation

I'm not sure if it makes a difference but the server is for hosting Mailwizz application
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Do the domains resolve to your ip, and is the webroot correct?
 
Gogol said:
Why use webmin for that? Just login via ssh, do

Code: 
sudo apt install certbot

and then run certbot with both www and non www versions of the domain. It's pretty easy.
Edit:
the command for generating certificate might look something like this:
Code: 
certbot run  -d www.example.com -d example.com
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@Gogol BAM! Success! Thank you so much, this lead me to a tutorial to help. You've turned me into a L33T H4x0r now! :anyway: :D:D:anyway:

dogstyle007 said:
You're welcome..
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Problem solved! Thank you for the assistance @dogstyle007
 
ZeroDefects said:
@Gogol BAM! Success! Thank you so much, this lead me to a tutorial to help. You've turned me into a L33T H4x0r now! :anyway: :D:D:anyway:
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See? Told you so, it's just two lines of command. I dunno why people are so scared to touch servers. :p
 
My concern was that I'm worried about screwing up my mailwizz set up and not knowing how to fix a mistake I made. Thankfully, we're all good again!
 
Sorry about the attitude in my msg, I assumed that you know what's going on, not that you need help with basics!

Glad to see that you resolved it tho <3
 
codemaker said:
Sorry about the attitude in my msg, I assumed that you know what's going on, not that you need help with basics!

Glad to see that you resolved it tho <3
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It's all good man!
 
ZeroDefects said:
My concern was that I'm worried about screwing up my mailwizz set up and not knowing how to fix a mistake I made. Thankfully, we're all good again!
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I get it. :D
As a tip: Never delete a certificate, or try to change a certificate for a domain that you already are certified for; unless ofcourse; you know what you are doing. That could end up fcking the setup up. If you add certificates to new domain, it will not affect anything most of the time; unless something goes wrong in the apache/nginx virtual host settings (this is one other aspect of multiple website hosting on a single server that you want to study a bit.). If you want to be 100% sure, always backup the settings by typing
Code: 
cp /folder/whereyour/setting/is.conf /folder/whereyour/setting/backup.conf
 
@Gogol, you're a wealth of knowledge and help! I wanted to ask you something in the thread of the go that bought a new laptop, then I closed the window... Oh well. I'll find it again.

Thanks again!
 
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