Certbot failing to install on apache / django sites

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My domain is: rentcorp.exodustec.com / aww.exodustec.com

I ran this command: certbot --apache

It produced this output: Successfully deployed certificate for aww.exodustec.com to /etc/apache2/sites-available/aww-le-ssl.conf
Successfully deployed certificate for rentcorp.exodustec.com to /etc/apache2/sites-available/rentcorp-le-ssl.conf
Error while running apache2ctl configtest.
Action 'configtest' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.

AH00526: Syntax error on line 27 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/aww.conf:
Name duplicates previous WSGI daemon definition.

We were unable to install your certificate, however, we successfully restored your server to its prior configuration.

NEXT STEPS:

  • The certificate was saved, but could not be installed (installer: apache). After fixing the error shown below, try installing it again by running:
    certbot install --cert-name rentcorp.exodustec.com

Error while running apache2ctl configtest.
Action 'configtest' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.

AH00526: Syntax error on line 27 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/aww.conf:
Name duplicates previous WSGI daemon definition.

My web server is (include version):apache2

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): ubuntu 22.04 /

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:

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 2.6.0

This is the apache sites-enabled file. I can not find the name duplicates previous WSGI daemon definition

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName rentcorp.exodustec.com

DocumentRoot /rentcorp/src/rentcorp

ErrorLog /rentcorp/site/logs/error.log
CustomLog /rentcorp/site/logs/access.log combine

Alias /static /rentcorp/site/static/
Alias /media /rentcorp/site/media/

<Directory /rentcorp/site/static>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /rentcorp/site/media>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /rentcorp/src/rentcorp>
	 <Files wsgi.py>
  		 Require all granted
	</Files>
</Directory>

#WSGIDaemonProcess rentcorp python-home=/rentcorp/venv python-path=/rentcorp/src
WSGIDaemonProcess rentcorp python-path=/rentcorp/src/rentcorp:/rentcorp/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages
WSGIProcessGroup rentcorp
WSGIScriptAlias / /rentcorp/src/rentcorp/wsgi.py

<Directory /rentcorp/src/templates>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

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Put this directive outside of the VirtualHost (just above it). It shouldn't make any functional difference, but doing so will allow your VirtualHost to be cloned by Certbot for HTTPS.

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This worked perfectly!

Thank you for your quick response and great advice.

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