Attempt to Renew SSL Cert

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My domain is: acuzen.com

I ran this command: certbot renew

It produced this output:
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 65, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 465, in init
self._check_symlinks()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 522, in _check_symlinks
raise errors.CertStorageError(
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/cert.pem to be a symlink
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf is broken. Skipping.

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0002.conf

Cert not yet due for renewal

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com.conf

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 65, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 444, in init
raise errors.CertStorageError(
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: renewal config file {} is missing a required file reference
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com.conf is broken. Skipping.

The following certs are not due for renewal yet:
/etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0002/fullchain.pem expires on 2023-11-07 (skipped)
No renewals were attempted.

Additionally, the following renewal configurations were invalid:
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf (parsefail)
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com.conf (parsefail)

0 renew failure(s), 2 parse failure(s)

My web server is (include version): AWS, running linux

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):

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

**I'm mainly a Wordpress guy and customer asked me to log into their AWS, open a console and run the certbot renew command to update the SSL cert. From the error it seems like I've got another 3 months. But I'm not sure if I'm doing it right, or if there is a way to automate this (or just do it once a year). Did this work? What do I need to do?

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Nope. Website is serving a certificate expiring in 8 days.

You need to investigate what they did on that server. Because that server is messed up.

If done properly, this is a "do once, forget about it" thing.

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Hello @adlej, welcome to the Let's Encrypt community. :slightly_smiling_face:

A certificate was issued Aug 9 23:00:09 2023 GMT here crt.sh | 10132586435, however the site is still serving an older certificate https://decoder.link/sslchecker/acuzen.com/443. Why?

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I have no clue. But need help in way that this would be spelled out to me.

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show us these files

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Also The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

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Not sure how I can get what you need to see, off the server. I have limited knowledge of AWS, linux consoles, etc.

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cat /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf 
# and
cat /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com.conf
# will show you the files. you can then copy paste 
# (you might need to hold shift other than ctrl)
# while
certbot --version
# you can just run as a command
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Did you use sudo certbot renew?

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^ a clear sign that something isn't going to plan.

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cat /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf 

# renew_before_expiry = 30 days
version = 0.40.0
archive_dir = /etc/letsencrypt/archive/acuzen.com-0001
cert = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/cert.pem
privkey = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/privkey.pem
chain = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/chain.pem
fullchain = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/fullchain.pem

# Options used in the renewal process
[renewalparams]
account = db740e761f73d65a2941ca6845b99025
authenticator = webroot
webroot_path = /var/www/html,
server = https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
[[webroot_map]]
admin.acuzen.com = /var/www/html
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sudo certbot renew
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 65, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 465, in init
self._check_symlinks()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 522, in _check_symlinks
raise errors.CertStorageError(
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/cert.pem to be a symlink
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf is broken. Skipping.

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0002.conf

Cert not yet due for renewal

Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com.conf

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 65, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 444, in init
raise errors.CertStorageError(
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: renewal config file {} is missing a required file reference
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com.conf is broken. Skipping.

The following certs are not due for renewal yet:
/etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0002/fullchain.pem expires on 2023-11-07 (skipped)
No renewals were attempted.

Additionally, the following renewal configurations were invalid:
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0001.conf (parsefail)
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com.conf (parsefail)

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And also:
cat /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0002.conf

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What shows?:
ls -l /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/

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ls -l /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/
ls: cannot access '/etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0001/': No such file or directory

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That is a rather older version of Certbot; see Certbot 2.6.0 Release

And Certbot Instructions | Certbot

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cat /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/acuzen.com-0002.conf

# renew_before_expiry = 30 days
version = 0.40.0
archive_dir = /etc/letsencrypt/archive/acuzen.com-0002
cert = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0002/cert.pem
privkey = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0002/privkey.pem
chain = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0002/chain.pem
fullchain = /etc/letsencrypt/live/acuzen.com-0002/fullchain.pem

# Options used in the renewal process
[renewalparams]
account = db740e761f73d65a2941ca6845b99025
authenticator = webroot
webroot_path = /var/www/html,
server = https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
[[webroot_map]]
acuzen.com = /var/www/html
www.acuzen.com = /var/www/html
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How do i upgrade my certbot? I can't follow those instructions

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Why can you not follow those instructions?

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i dont know my platform