# Can't create ssl **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 25, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/cant-create-ssl/117371 "2020-03-25T21:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saatwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/saatwik/32/38352_2.png) [@Saatwik](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Saatwik)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/cant-create-ssl/117371/1 "2020-03-25T21:24:27Z")
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. [https://crt.sh/?q=example.com](https://crt.sh/?q=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: [bloggingbow.com](http://bloggingbow.com) I ran this command: certbot It produced this output: made ssl My web server is (include version): apache 2 The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): debian 9 My hosting provider, if applicable, is: Google Cloud 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): I don’t remember ---
**Author:** ![JuergenAuer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/juergenauer/32/26491_2.png) [@JuergenAuer](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/JuergenAuer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/cant-create-ssl/117371/2 "2020-03-25T21:36:30Z")
Hi @Saatwik > [@Saatwik](#): > > My domain is: [bloggingbow.com](http://bloggingbow.com) > > I ran this command: certbot checking your domain - you have created 5 identical certificates - [bloggingbow.com - Make your website better - DNS, redirects, mixed content, certificates](https://check-your-website.server-daten.de/?q=bloggingbow.com#ct-logs) | Issuer | not before | not after | Domain names | LE-Duplicate | next LE | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Let's Encrypt Authority X3 | 2020-03-22 | 2020-06-20 | [bloggingbow.com](http://bloggingbow.com), [www.bloggingbow.com](http://www.bloggingbow.com) - 2 entries | duplicate nr. 5 | next Letsencrypt certificate: 2020-03-29 09:10:48 | | Let's Encrypt Authority X3 | 2020-03-22 | 2020-06-20 | [bloggingbow.com](http://bloggingbow.com), [www.bloggingbow.com](http://www.bloggingbow.com) - 2 entries | duplicate nr. 4 | | | Let's Encrypt Authority X3 | 2020-03-22 | 2020-06-20 | [bloggingbow.com](http://bloggingbow.com), [www.bloggingbow.com](http://www.bloggingbow.com) - 2 entries | duplicate nr. 3 | | | Let's Encrypt Authority X3 | 2020-03-22 | 2020-06-20 | [bloggingbow.com](http://bloggingbow.com), [www.bloggingbow.com](http://www.bloggingbow.com) - 2 entries | duplicate nr. 2 | | | Let's Encrypt Authority X3 | 2020-03-22 | 2020-06-20 | [bloggingbow.com](http://bloggingbow.com), [www.bloggingbow.com](http://www.bloggingbow.com) - 2 entries | duplicate nr. 1 | | So you have a working certificate, but you don't use it, https doesn't answer. Looks like a firewall. ---
**Author:** ![Saatwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/saatwik/32/38352_2.png) [@Saatwik](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Saatwik)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/cant-create-ssl/117371/3 "2020-03-26T04:52:55Z")
Ok so leeme tell you what happened… well I am learning cloud computing and on while making my website on Linux i did some shit every time so I had to delete the instance and with the instance all my ssl data… currently my website is down due to some issues . ---
**Author:** ![JuergenAuer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/juergenauer/32/26491_2.png) [@JuergenAuer](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/JuergenAuer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/cant-create-ssl/117371/4 "2020-03-26T07:33:15Z")
> [@Saatwik](#): > > so I had to delete the instance and with the instance all my ssl data That's terrible. If you have deleted all these certificates, you have to wait. Never delete working certificates if the private key is safe. ---
**Author:** ![Saatwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/saatwik/32/38352_2.png) [@Saatwik](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Saatwik)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/cant-create-ssl/117371/5 "2020-03-26T08:38:04Z")
Well nevermind… you can close it now… luckily I had keys to one of these certificates and I uploaded em… it’s working fine now ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/cant-create-ssl/117371/6 "2020-04-25T08:38:09Z")
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