APACHE2 CERTBOT Invalid response / The client lacks sufficient authorization

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My domain is:
www.ridelink.com

I ran this command:
certbot --apache

It produced this output:
Failed authorization procedure. ridelink.com (http-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized :: The client lacks sufficient authorization :: Invalid response from https://ridelink.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/GSqjEkwj-BFuB2ukpMjxV5HTjnwjXt60wBooCeb2isA [94.79.150.178]: "\n\n404 Not Found\n\n

Not Found

\n<p"

My web server is (include version):
Server version: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian)
Server built: 2022-02-01T18:18:01

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Debian GNU/Linux 9.13 (stretch)

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):
certbot 0.28.0

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You have two web servers running:

  • nginx on port 80
  • Apache httpd on port 443

This is an unusual setup.

It might be helpful to think about whether this set up is intentional and what your end goal is. Do you want to have two web servers running like this?

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Since nginx is on port 80, try:
certbot certonly --nginx

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