Comunication failure

Hello everyone.
I am trying to download and install a certificate on my server using Certbot and I am at a point where I cannot continue.

My domain is:
ges.leako.com

I ran this command:
certbot certonly --webroot

It produced this output:
Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: webroot). The Certificate Authority reported these problems:
Domain: ges.leako.com
Type: unauthorized
Detail: 62.99.79.189: Invalid response from http://ges.leako.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/Af5u12p6dBkctC-vNRTreD4d_yU0AmTQf8Qg8DSsUqc: 403

Hint: The Certificate Authority failed to download the temporary challenge files created by Certbot. Ensure that the listed domains serve their content from the provided --webroot-path/-w and that files created there can be downloaded from the internet.

My web server is (include version):
IIS v10

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Windows Server 2019

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot): beta v2.9.0

It seems like a connection problem and the necessary files cannot be downloaded. Is a specific configuration required in the Windows firewall? Port forwarding? Enabling downloads?
Thank you very much.

Welcome @ikezio

The EFF dropped support for Certbot on Windows this past February. You should use an alternative ACME Client for new setups on such systems. Generally, other ACME Clients that were specifically designed for Windows were better than Certbot anyway.

The Certify the Web client is probably the easiest to use. It is the first option in the EFF announcement here:

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Hi MikeMcQ.
Thank you for advise. I will try with one of your alternative software.
Good day.

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