# Certificate is not valid **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 22, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-is-not-valid/203924 "2023-08-22T14:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gfesj\_cgpbrasil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@gfesj\_cgpbrasil](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/gfesj_cgpbrasil)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-is-not-valid/203924/1 "2023-08-22T14:25:19Z")
I run a certbot My domain is: [demo.wellcast-roi.com](http://demo.wellcast-roi.com) I tried to access [https://demo.wellcast-roi.com](https://demo.wellcast-roi.com), but it shows me that certificate is not valid. ![Screenshot 2023-08-22 at 11.05.18](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/1/3/13389a4bb352188312c09aa14a1d93cdb81eed20.png) I run at APACHE server at Centos 7. How can we fix this? ---
**Author:** ![MikeMcQ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/mikemcq/32/52772_2.png) [@MikeMcQ](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/MikeMcQ)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-is-not-valid/203924/2 "2023-08-22T14:29:15Z")
You are using a certificate from the Let's Encrypt Staging system. It is great you used that to test but you must get a production certificate for actual use. See your cert details here: > **[SSL Checker](https://decoder.link/sslchecker/demo.wellcast-roi.com/443)** > > Verify that your SSL certificate is installed correctly, identify installation issues if any. How did you obtain the certificate? Please answer as much as you can from the form you were shown =========================== 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. [crt.sh | 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: I ran this command: It produced this output: My web server is (include version): The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): My hosting provider, if applicable, is: I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know): 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): ---
**Author:** ![gfesj\_cgpbrasil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@gfesj\_cgpbrasil](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/gfesj_cgpbrasil)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-is-not-valid/203924/3 "2023-08-22T14:43:16Z")
Thanks, here it is... I ran this command: certbot certonly -a manual -d [demo.wellcast-roi.com](http://demo.wellcast-roi.com) --preferred-challenges dns --staging OUTPUT I do not have here, but we can get certificates. My Web server is: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips My server is running: CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) My hosting provider, if applicable, is GCP I can login to a root shell on my machine The version of my client is certbot 1.11.0 ---
**Author:** ![MikeMcQ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/mikemcq/32/52772_2.png) [@MikeMcQ](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/MikeMcQ)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-is-not-valid/203924/4 "2023-08-22T14:45:36Z")
> [@gfesj\_cgpbrasil](#): > > certbot certonly -a manual -d [demo.wellcast-roi.com](http://demo.wellcast-roi.com) --preferred-challenges dns **--staging** Re-run the command without --staging to get a production cert ---
**Author:** ![gfesj\_cgpbrasil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@gfesj\_cgpbrasil](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/gfesj_cgpbrasil)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-is-not-valid/203924/5 "2023-08-22T16:14:15Z")
Thanks for your help. It is work! ---
**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, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-is-not-valid/203924/6 "2023-09-21T16:14:19Z")
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