Challenge failed for domain

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My domain is: beamsbuildinginspections.com.au

I ran this command:
following the steps from (https://brandviser.com.au/how-to-install-ssl-on-wordpress-lightsail/)
all is fine until I get to this command (/home/bitnami/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-auto certonly -w /home/bit
nami/apps/wordpress/htdocs -d beamsbuildinginspections.com.au -d www.beamsbuildinginspectio
ns.com.au)

It produced this output:
How would you like to authenticate with the ACME CA?


1: Spin up a temporary webserver (standalone)
2: Place files in webroot directory (webroot)


Select the appropriate number [1-2] then [enter] (press ‘c’ to cancel): 2
Plugins selected: Authenticator webroot, Installer None
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au
Using the webroot path /home/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs for all unmatched domains.
Waiting for verification…
Challenge failed for domain www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au
http-01 challenge for www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au
Cleaning up challenges
Some challenges have failed.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • The following errors were reported by the server:

    Domain: www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au
    Type: connection
    Detail: Fetching
    http://www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au/.well-known/acme-challenge/qqgEdJIAiykzzamdvL
    rszF1fL7SS24y4fZ-q13rn7cA:
    Connection refused

    To fix these errors, please make sure that your domain name was
    entered correctly and the DNS A/AAAA record(s) for that domain
    contain(s) the right IP address. Additionally, please check that
    your computer has a publicly routable IP address and that no
    firewalls are preventing the server from communicating with the
    client. If you’re using the webroot plugin, you should also verify
    that you are serving files from the webroot path you provided.

My web server is (include version): light sail wordpress

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Lightsail wordpress

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: Lightsail

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):

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you’re using Certbot):frowning:https://brandviser.com.au/how-to-install-ssl-on-wordpress-lightsail/)

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Hi @TaylorK

checking your domain there is no answer - https://check-your-website.server-daten.de/?q=beamsbuildinginspections.com.au

Domainname Http-Status redirect Sec. G
http://beamsbuildinginspections.com.au/ 13.238.132.195 -2 1.907 V
ConnectFailure - Unable to connect to the remote server
http://www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au/ 13.238.132.195 -2 1.924 V
ConnectFailure - Unable to connect to the remote server
https://beamsbuildinginspections.com.au/ 13.238.132.195 -2 1.900 V
ConnectFailure - Unable to connect to the remote server
https://www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au/ 13.238.132.195 -2 1.926 V
ConnectFailure - Unable to connect to the remote server
http://beamsbuildinginspections.com.au/.well-known/acme-challenge/check-your-website-dot-server-daten-dot-de 13.238.132.195 -2 1.900 V
ConnectFailure - Unable to connect to the remote server
Visible Content:
http://www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au/.well-known/acme-challenge/check-your-website-dot-server-daten-dot-de 13.238.132.195 -2 1.900 V
ConnectFailure - Unable to connect to the remote server
Visible Content:

Only Grade V. Looks like a blocking firewall.

That's an Amazon Server:

Host T IP-Address is auth. ∑ Queries ∑ Timeout
beamsbuildinginspections.com.au A 13.238.132.195 Sydney/New South Wales/Australia (AU) - Amazon Technologies Inc. Hostname: ec2-13-238-132-195.ap-southeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com yes 1 0
AAAA yes
www.beamsbuildinginspections.com.au A 13.238.132.195 Sydney/New South Wales/Australia (AU) - Amazon Technologies Inc. Hostname: ec2-13-238-132-195.ap-southeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com yes 1 0
AAAA yes

There are firewall settings. A working port 80 is required. Looks like your server is closed.

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