My domain is: jedsweb.com
I ran this command: sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install core; sudo snap refresh core
sudo snap install --classic certbot
sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot
sudo certbot –apache
It produced this output: jeds@jedsweb:~$ sudo snap install core; sudo snap refresh core
snap "core" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh'
snap "core" has no updates available
jeds@jedsweb:~$ sudo snap install --classic certbot
snap "certbot" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh'
jeds@jedsweb:~$ sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/bin/certbot': File exists
jeds@jedsweb:~$ sudo certbot --apache
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
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(Enter 'c' to cancel): fines.higher75@gmail.com
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Account registered.
Please enter the domain name(s) you would like on your certificate (comma and/or
space separated) (Enter 'c' to cancel): jedsweb.com
Requesting a certificate for jedsweb.com
Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs
Unable to restart apache using ['apache2ctl', 'graceful']
Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs
Unable to restart apache using ['apache2ctl', 'graceful']
Encountered exception during recovery: certbot.errors.MisconfigurationError: Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs
Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.
jeds@jedsweb:~$
My web server is (include version): nextcloud (installed during ubuntu server install)
The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): ubuntu 24.04.3 server
My hosting provider, if applicable, is: server is on my local network
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): don’t know
My website is live and I can log into nextcloud. I can also ssh into the server from 3 clients using ssl generated passphrases. I just want to secure the domain with Https