Hello,
I have 2 ubuntu 24.04 LTS servers with Let's Encrypt on them - each with a web app, based on apache server, one with MariaDB the other with PostgreSQL databases. Everything is fine ... except the day the certificate is renewd, I saw a strange and not understandable behaviour - for me - let me give a bit of context.
Each day, the following tasks are executed :
00:01 CET : backup of the database
00:11 CET : stop of the server (apache server, and database)
00:12 CET : renew certificate, if needed
00:31 CET : update and upgrade of the linux server
00:59 CET : start of the server (database, and apache server)
All thes tasks are executing normally everyday, everything is under control for more than 2.5 years for one server, 1.5 year for the other server; the detailed logs proved that everything is right ... except the day when the certificate is renewd: that day, even if the 00:59 CET task log is fine, the web server is not actually running. More strange, a few hours later, when manually I stop and restart the server, then it is working fine. It seems that there is a ghost in the machine...
Any clue / ideas about that?
Has someone in this forum already faced a similar issue / strange behaviour?
Thanks for any information,
BR,
Guy.
My domain is: is it mandatory to fill that field?
My web server is (include version): 2.4.58-1
The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): ubuntu server 24.04 LTS
My hosting provider, if applicable, is: OVH
I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know): yes
I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel): no
The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version
or certbot-auto --version
if you're using Certbot): 2.9.0