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My domain is:
I ran this command:
sudo certbot renew -vvv
It produced this output:
james@bronserv:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$ sudo certbot renew -vvv
Root logging level set at 0
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Notifying user: Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk-0001.conf
Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk-0001.conf
Requested authenticator <certbot._internal.cli.cli_utils._Default object at 0x7fc762219820> and installer <certbot.internal.cli.cli_utils.
Default object at 0x7fc762219820>
Starting new HTTP connection (1): r3.o.lencr.org:80
http://r3.o.lencr.org:80 "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 503
OCSP response for certificate /etc/letsencrypt/archive/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk-0001/cert13.pem is signed by the certificate's issuer.
OCSP certificate status for /etc/letsencrypt/archive/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk-0001/cert13.pem is: OCSPCertStatus.GOOD
Should renew, less than 30 days before certificate expiry 2022-08-19 12:18:19 UTC.
Certificate is due for renewal, auto-renewing...
Requested authenticator apache and installer apache
Apache version is 2.4.54
Other error:(PluginEntryPoint#apache): There has been an error in parsing the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk.conf
on line 32: Syntax error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/plugins/disco.py", line 160, in prepare
self._initialized.prepare()
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot_apache/_internal/configurator.py", line 380, in prepare
self.parser.check_parsing_errors("httpd.aug")
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot_apache/_internal/parser.py", line 127, in check_parsing_errors
raise errors.PluginError(msg)
certbot.errors.PluginError: There has been an error in parsing the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk.conf on line 32:
Syntax error
No candidate plugin
No candidate plugin
Failed to renew certificate broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk-0001 with error: The apache plugin is not working; there may be problems with your exis
ting configuration.
The error was: PluginError('There has been an error in parsing the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk.conf on line 32:
Syntax error')
Traceback was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/renewal.py", line 484, in handle_renewal_request
main.renew_cert(lineage_config, plugins, renewal_candidate)
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 1538, in renew_cert
installer, auth = plug_sel.choose_configurator_plugins(config, plugins, "certonly")
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/plugins/selection.py", line 257, in choose_configurator_plugins
diagnose_configurator_problem("authenticator", req_auth, plugins)
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/plugins/selection.py", line 377, in diagnose_configurator_problem
raise errors.PluginSelectionError(msg)
certbot.errors.PluginSelectionError: The apache plugin is not working; there may be problems with your existing configuration.
The error was: PluginError('There has been an error in parsing the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk.conf on line 32:
Syntax error')
Notifying user:
All renewals failed. The following certificates could not be renewed:
/etc/letsencrypt/live/broncloud.sasstaff.co.uk-0001/fullchain.pem (failure)
Notifying user: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Exiting abnormally:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/snap/certbot/2192/bin/certbot", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/main.py", line 19, in main
return internal_main.main(cli_args)
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 1744, in main
return config.func(config, plugins)
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 1630, in renew
renewal.handle_renewal_request(config)
File "/snap/certbot/2192/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certbot/_internal/renewal.py", line 510, in handle_renewal_request
raise errors.Error(
certbot.errors.Error: 1 renew failure(s), 0 parse failure(s)
1 renew failure(s), 0 parse failure(s)
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Ce
rtbot with -v for more details
My web server is (include version):
Apache 2.4.54
The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Ubuntu server 21.04
My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
Self hosted
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):
1.29.0
I have just updated certbot to the snap package which seems to have brought about this error.
Line 32 on the conf file mentioned above is simply blank!
