# Certbot-auto missing files

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-auto-missing-files/40715>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 22, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-auto-missing-files/40715 "2017-08-22T19:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jona123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@jona123](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/jona123)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-auto-missing-files/40715/1 "2017-08-22T19:04:07Z")

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Hello, good day, and thank you in advance for taking time out of your day to answer this question.

I installed Let’sEncrypt certificates and configured them on my GCP website according to this tutorial:

> **[Adding a LetsEncrypt SSL certificate to WordPress](https://jamescoote.co.uk/add-letsencrypt-ssl-certificate-to-wordpress/)**
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> This guide describes how to add a LetsEncrypt SSL certificate to your apache WordPress site. LetsEncrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. Rat…

However, I saved the cert-bot auto files in the /tmp directory and now I can no longer locate the certbot-auto file that is called for in the “certbot-auto renew” cronjob file that I created (step 3), I believe this is the reason why the certificates aren’t renewing.

How do I fix this problem?

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**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-auto-missing-files/40715/2 "2017-08-22T19:35:14Z")

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Sadly, most systems will lose any files stored in the /tmp folder on reboot.  
I think you will have to install it again and it may “continue” where the /tmp files stopped.  
(You may have to adjust the cron job to reference the new file location)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-auto-missing-files/40715/3 "2017-09-21T19:35:32Z")

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