Using certbot 0.31.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.3 I’ve noticed that when I create a new certificate with the Apache plugin, certbot puts the following stanza in the port 80 config if I choose to automatically re-direct to port 443: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.mydomain.com RewriteRule ^ h…

I’m not entirely sure, but I’d say you could just loose the certonly and try again? If that doesn’t work, you could always add -i apache.

You’re using certonly in the second command. Perhaps certbot will rewrite the redirect when using the apache installer plugin?

Oh, I didn’t know there was a way of adding host names to certs using the Apache installer plugin. Do you know the command for that?

Ah! It does modify the Apache redirect :blush: Apologies for polluting the board.

No apologies necessary, I wasn’t even sure if the redirect was rewritten :grin: Now we know!

Apache mod_rewrite to redirect retro-fitted host names

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