Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. Note: you must provide your domain name to get help. Domain names for issued certificates are all made public in Certificate Transparency logs (e.g. crt.sh | example.com), so withholding your domain name here does not increase secrecy, but only makes it harder for us to provide help.
My domain is: leewick.ucsd.edu
I ran this command: sudo certbot certonly --standalone
It produced this output:
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Enter email address or hit Enter to skip.
(Enter 'c' to cancel): bgrinstein@ucsd.edu
Please read the Terms of Service at:
You must agree in order to register with the ACME server. Do you agree?
(Y)es/(N)o: Y
Would you be willing, once your first certificate is successfully issued, to
share your email address with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a founding
partner of the Let's Encrypt project and the non-profit organization that
develops Certbot? We'd like to send you email about our work encrypting the web,
EFF news, campaigns, and ways to support digital freedom.
(Y)es/(N)o: Y
Account registered.
Please enter the domain name(s) you would like on your certificate (comma and/or
space separated) (Enter 'c' to cancel): leewick.ucsd.edu
Requesting a certificate for leewick.ucsd.edu
An unexpected error occurred:
No such authorization
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.
My web server is (include version):
Server version: Apache/2.4.62 (Unix)
Server built: Apr 18 2025 22:52:07
The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Mac OS X Sequoia (15.5)
My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
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):
certbot 4.1.1
If it is any help, here is the complete letsencrypt.log file:
2025-07-07 13:07:47,127:DEBUG:certbot._internal.main:certbot version: 4.1.1
2025-07-07 13:07:47,127:DEBUG:certbot._internal.main:Location of certbot entry point: /opt/homebrew/bin/certbot
2025-07-07 13:07:47,127:DEBUG:certbot._internal.main:Arguments: ['--standalone']
2025-07-07 13:07:47,127:DEBUG:certbot._internal.main:Discovered plugins: PluginsRegistry(PluginEntryPoint#apache,PluginEntryPoint#manual,PluginEntryPoint#nginx,PluginEntryPoint#null,PluginEntryPoint#standalone,PluginEntryPoint#webroot)
2025-07-07 13:07:47,144:DEBUG:certbot._internal.log:Root logging level set at 30
2025-07-07 13:07:47,145:DEBUG:certbot._internal.plugins.selection:Requested authenticator standalone and installer None
2025-07-07 13:07:47,145:DEBUG:certbot._internal.plugins.selection:Single candidate plugin: * standalone
Description: Runs an HTTP server locally which serves the necessary validation files under the /.well-known/acme-challenge/ request path. Suitable if there is no HTTP server already running. HTTP challenge only (wildcards not supported).
Interfaces: Authenticator, Plugin
Entry point: EntryPoint(name='standalone', value='certbot._internal.plugins.standalone:Authenticator', group='certbot.plugins')
Initialized: <certbot._internal.plugins.standalone.Authenticator object at 0x1047aa120>
Prep: True
2025-07-07 13:07:47,145:DEBUG:certbot._internal.plugins.selection:Selected authenticator <certbot._internal.plugins.standalone.Authenticator object at 0x1047aa120> and installer None
2025-07-07 13:07:47,145:INFO:certbot._internal.plugins.selection:Plugins selected: Authenticator standalone, Installer None
2025-07-07 13:08:21,626:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending GET request to https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory.
2025-07-07 13:08:21,632:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443
2025-07-07 13:08:21,713:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "GET /directory HTTP/1.1" 200 995
2025-07-07 13:08:21,713:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:08:21 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 995
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800
{
"kSTCd73wMHw": "Adding random entries to the directory",
"keyChange": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/key-change",
"meta": {
"caaIdentities": [
"letsencrypt.org"
],
"profiles": {
"classic": "Profiles - Let's Encrypt",
"shortlived": "Profiles - Let's Encrypt (not yet generally available)",
"tlsserver": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#tlsserver"
},
"termsOfService": "https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.5-February-24-2025.pdf",
"website": "https://letsencrypt.org"
},
"newAccount": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-acct",
"newNonce": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-nonce",
"newOrder": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order",
"renewalInfo": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/renewal-info",
"revokeCert": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/revoke-cert"
}
2025-07-07 13:08:32,709:DEBUG:acme.client:Requesting fresh nonce
2025-07-07 13:08:32,710:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending HEAD request to https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-nonce.
2025-07-07 13:08:32,733:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "HEAD /acme/new-nonce HTTP/1.1" 200 0
2025-07-07 13:08:32,734:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 200
Server: nginx
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:08:32 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory;rel="index"
Replay-Nonce: BqzikAvL6VOoDQZmRfaucUR-pwmXwBNTvK1bZHpHSVd-3dQvCnQ
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800
2025-07-07 13:08:32,734:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: BqzikAvL6VOoDQZmRfaucUR-pwmXwBNTvK1bZHpHSVd-3dQvCnQ
2025-07-07 13:08:32,735:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b'{\n "contact": [\n "mailto:bgrinstein@ucsd.edu"\n ],\n "termsOfServiceAgreed": true\n}'
2025-07-07 13:08:32,737:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-acct:
{
"protected": "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",
"signature": "MZZZnKvt22qMjjE-o512navAmRk983rnMy9Ur7oPGzkNH5BMWQyhxG7xWHG2XpXCOqyY-0caZtPTJ53OEeQiiYtNQTFA4uu9t5bmuyPxS0QIDUkbHvHjbYh2cFXcuGiAPkpesCGOPfPJKhrurFr3Y8MSrrrSw-BvZaWKOzE6wqwule9T43QpaP9TOi1B2ySg94EZeVoFT3ptjs5rLjEq9xGk3gNuZNiB1os8EcPLsBYtapA-gJ4C-gSOCyS0GhbhkiCI_VySzduS8SK92l0RlGYD6JAywoWM6tInOlhQB4R6JG6c5Q-1Yr4YFbyHQqqGJfvIEhDUMFuqrFKJ8gigAg",
"payload": "ewogICJjb250YWN0IjogWwogICAgIm1haWx0bzpiZ3JpbnN0ZWluQHVjc2QuZWR1IgogIF0sCiAgInRlcm1zT2ZTZXJ2aWNlQWdyZWVkIjogdHJ1ZQp9"
}
2025-07-07 13:08:32,813:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/new-acct HTTP/1.1" 201 477
2025-07-07 13:08:32,814:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 201
Server: nginx
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:08:32 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 477
Connection: keep-alive
Boulder-Requester: 2514226381
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory;rel="index", https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.5-February-24-2025.pdf;rel="terms-of-service"
Location: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/2514226381
Replay-Nonce: upQSWUsBQMyolRVcHZ6_MPyQCqEUcKoWrbFkmAQ0xrd1fRNFBP4
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800
{
"key": {
"kty": "RSA",
"n": "ympnKDDz0wRObMTnWfRVjDLp5RVlyXYNyNQGZbUsb2D8mivoIJu4btFwrPMPXhUXcbM3uVnPQ0aV4LEbPVLx8HD-6kDa7MzkVEXOyHbeCHstB7hxZitBx5n46stFL7dvfp7BzJYTHKt-gZqmGuqEuxqzbLjuvLr14Yf_YHIXcYUI3JIQ2y67AD5_lRC-4r78PIvop6_F0NV0W57DOmVqqjZV02zPmOB4c3J4EVcmkEhjXtKCnnzKtBytzC7pTbKYBHfLLSEbatAvnn-ZjYCAFvTQaa4xXF-s00-h4uQBXR9t6yiblGw4wm2xtCe_Cg-A--sqQwhR6ZxRAufhkoCF_w",
"e": "AQAB"
},
"createdAt": "2025-07-07T20:08:32.814292752Z",
"status": "valid"
}
2025-07-07 13:08:32,814:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: upQSWUsBQMyolRVcHZ6_MPyQCqEUcKoWrbFkmAQ0xrd1fRNFBP4
2025-07-07 13:08:55,599:DEBUG:certbot._internal.display.obj:Notifying user: Account registered.
2025-07-07 13:08:55,599:DEBUG:certbot._internal.main:Picked account: <Account(RegistrationResource(body=Registration(key=JWKRSA(key=<ComparableRSAKey(<cryptography.hazmat.bindings._rust.openssl.rsa.RSAPublicKey object at 0x1049af890>)>), contact=(), agreement=None, status='valid', terms_of_service_agreed=None, only_return_existing=None, external_account_binding=None), uri='https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/2514226381', new_authzr_uri=None, terms_of_service='https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.5-February-24-2025.pdf'), b034367e71bb7ba377f863fda404b41f, Meta(creation_dt=datetime.datetime(2025, 7, 7, 20, 8, 32, tzinfo=), creation_host='leewick.ucsd.edu', register_to_eff='bgrinstein@ucsd.edu'))>
2025-07-07 13:08:55,600:DEBUG:certbot.display.ops:No installer, picking names manually
2025-07-07 13:09:21,843:DEBUG:certbot._internal.display.obj:Notifying user: Requesting a certificate for leewick.ucsd.edu
2025-07-07 13:09:21,846:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b'{\n "identifiers": [\n {\n "type": "dns",\n "value": "leewick.ucsd.edu"\n }\n ]\n}'
2025-07-07 13:09:21,848:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order:
{
"protected": "eyJhbGciOiAiUlMyNTYiLCAia2lkIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS12MDIuYXBpLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZy9hY21lL2FjY3QvMjUxNDIyNjM4MSIsICJub25jZSI6ICJ1cFFTV1VzQlFNeW9sUlZjSFo2X01QeVFDcUVVY0tvV3JiRmttQVEweHJkMWZSTkZCUDQiLCAidXJsIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS12MDIuYXBpLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZy9hY21lL25ldy1vcmRlciJ9",
"signature": "RELawo0HztMTY-nVVuwBB_WehBbajVosV7cJlbX-cY8kG6lPzZcPyTYfKAqLNFwQyqYxkEK9CfQCIqLh7pTpjg2vYkOsrw_wYdXG3M333vLSlnbqABzm0zf0JnxTzz3_uzopCeaL4jhNYvx5OfZpsKMSrjCSVZ7rOYpxT-dV1ybaAem00htNa7dSWHhgt1EkosyupScdrPYWTnRNaVAJSzp6zNHJsdbZXuLVlekN-xcrkmXHzElfIS8A7o1J3fnBomS0o3PWFzK20Kva81SZlgv1OTw02X1AOY0hMU4UmTx2qgSDldU06TypIQbcePSy6CYhvo5qwWKFqSSTLPsx2A",
"payload": "ewogICJpZGVudGlmaWVycyI6IFsKICAgIHsKICAgICAgInR5cGUiOiAiZG5zIiwKICAgICAgInZhbHVlIjogImxlZXdpY2sudWNzZC5lZHUiCiAgICB9CiAgXQp9"
}
2025-07-07 13:09:22,058:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/new-order HTTP/1.1" 201 350
2025-07-07 13:09:22,059:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 201
Server: nginx
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:09:22 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 350
Connection: keep-alive
Boulder-Requester: 2514226381
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory;rel="index"
Location: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/order/2514226381/403842015491
Replay-Nonce: upQSWUsBikihnQq0IrKw7b5wHg1KaVSI_HSjWtIz9YFKIQCJZzM
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=604800
{
"status": "pending",
"expires": "2025-07-14T20:09:21Z",
"identifiers": [
{
"type": "dns",
"value": "leewick.ucsd.edu"
}
],
"authorizations": [
"https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz/2514226381/548960298921"
],
"finalize": "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/finalize/2514226381/403842015491"
}
2025-07-07 13:09:22,059:DEBUG:acme.client:Storing nonce: upQSWUsBikihnQq0IrKw7b5wHg1KaVSI_HSjWtIz9YFKIQCJZzM
2025-07-07 13:09:22,061:DEBUG:acme.client:JWS payload:
b''
2025-07-07 13:09:22,064:DEBUG:acme.client:Sending POST request to https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz/2514226381/548960298921:
{
"protected": "eyJhbGciOiAiUlMyNTYiLCAia2lkIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS12MDIuYXBpLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZy9hY21lL2FjY3QvMjUxNDIyNjM4MSIsICJub25jZSI6ICJ1cFFTV1VzQmlraWhuUXEwSXJLdzdiNXdIZzFLYVZTSV9IU2pXdEl6OVlGS0lRQ0paek0iLCAidXJsIjogImh0dHBzOi8vYWNtZS12MDIuYXBpLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZy9hY21lL2F1dGh6LzI1MTQyMjYzODEvNTQ4OTYwMjk4OTIxIn0",
"signature": "DRw8yrDT4qjNZzpMhi-oa_7q3fivMWrwhUfFD6HKbptzlNwsOwuHN3unLXWBtGo-ahw39SMh68spw0M6RPQfjSGMtmqbSUHI5kze4HiwWEffrZc2bocNSGyxP94o2AWYjfqSaDLbF6XaDtez-KmOtRUU-bdSMRh8u_b9A-KkfxmqENRqhaoFGH0Ss_2P8JeSPsa3Fj7yJwLSwTcwxh7JkFztF36-27WkuO4p7cGfVKVp7JiBLgMZVbSKSrv6C67C2QCiUtBAUojSnCHJtBxIZOL4GyGeNZdhTFdMZbkQMdx1NxldjNJjDw1DuobtWaeSS41ILzBisq-t67znYDjnYg",
"payload": ""
}
2025-07-07 13:09:22,088:DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org:443 "POST /acme/authz/2514226381/548960298921 HTTP/1.1" 404 106
2025-07-07 13:09:22,088:DEBUG:acme.client:Received response:
HTTP 404
Server: nginx
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:09:22 GMT
Content-Type: application/problem+json
Content-Length: 106
Connection: keep-alive
Boulder-Requester: 2514226381
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, no-cache
Link: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory;rel="index"
Replay-Nonce: BqzikAvLoCiRq1yqUG_jz8vN4ABJGsav585dRW7ncQzXnZPpWuY
{
"type": "urn:ietf:params:acme:error:malformed",
"detail": "No such authorization",
"status": 404
}
2025-07-07 13:09:22,089:DEBUG:certbot._internal.log:Exiting abnormally:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/bin/certbot", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
~~~~^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certbot/main.py", line 19, in main
return internal_main.main(cli_args)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 1879, in main
return config.func(config, plugins)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 1585, in certonly
lineage = _get_and_save_cert(le_client, config, domains, certname, lineage)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 143, in _get_and_save_cert
lineage = le_client.obtain_and_enroll_certificate(domains, certname)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certbot/_internal/client.py", line 524, in obtain_and_enroll_certificate
cert, chain, key, _ = self.obtain_certificate(domains)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certbot/_internal/client.py", line 425, in obtain_certificate
orderr = self._get_order_and_authorizations(csr.data, self.config.allow_subset_of_names)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certbot/_internal/client.py", line 485, in _get_order_and_authorizations
orderr = self.acme.new_order(csr_pem, profile=profile)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/acme/client.py", line 152, in new_order
authorizations.append(self._authzr_from_response(self._post_as_get(url), uri=url))
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/acme/client.py", line 405, in _post_as_get
return self._post(*new_args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/acme/client.py", line 466, in _post
return self.net.post(*args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/acme/client.py", line 840, in post
return self._post_once(*args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/acme/client.py", line 855, in _post_once
response = self._check_response(response, content_type=content_type)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/certbot/4.1.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/acme/client.py", line 704, in _check_response
raise messages.Error.from_json(jobj)
acme.messages.Error: urn:ietf:params:acme:error:malformed :: The request message was malformed :: No such authorization
2025-07-07 13:09:22,094:ERROR:certbot._internal.log:An unexpected error occurred:
2025-07-07 13:09:22,095:ERROR:certbot._internal.log:No such authorization