Could not reverse map the https virtualhost to the original (Ubuntu 16.04)

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I have an Ubuntu LAMP server with a main domain and two sub domains. Each of the three have their own vhost file enabled.

When I try to run sudo certbot --apache I get the following error:

could not reverse map the https virtualhost to the original.

I've seen a few threads on this topic but I couldn't get any progress with their solutions because they all seem to be using CentOS. Are there specific instructions for Ubuntu? I followed these instructions: Certbot

I've added some notes that I hope can help in troublsehooting.

My domain is: davidtessier.ca
I ran this command: sudo certbot --apache
It produced this output:

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

Which names would you like to activate HTTPS for?

1: davidtessier.ca
2: notes.davidtessier.ca
3: test.davidtessier.ca

Select the appropriate numbers separated by commas and/or spaces, or leave input
blank to select all options shown (Enter 'c' to cancel):1
Cert not yet due for renewal

You have an existing certificate that has exactly the same domains or certificate name you requested and isn't close to expiry.
(ref: /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/davidtessier.ca.conf)

What would you like to do?

1: Attempt to reinstall this existing certificate
2: Renew & replace the cert (limit ~5 per 7 days)

Select the appropriate number [1-2] then [enter] (press 'c' to cancel): 1
Keeping the existing certificate
Could not reverse map the HTTPS VirtualHost to the original

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • Unable to install the certificate
  • Congratulations! Your certificate and chain have been saved at
    /etc/letsencrypt/live/davidtessier.ca/fullchain.pem. Your cert will
    expire on 2017-10-04. To obtain a new or tweaked version of this
    certificate in the future, simply run certbot again with the
    "certonly" option. To non-interactively renew all of your
    certificates, run "certbot renew"

My operating system is (include version): Ubuntu 16.04
My web server is (include version): Apache2
My hosting provider, if applicable, is: DigitalOcean LAMP droplet
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, I use SSH terminal.

I have 3 vhost files. One for the main domain, one for each of my two subdomains.
They all look like this.

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin support@davidtessier.ca
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html      #this part changes per .conf file

        <Directory /var/www/html/>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        <IfModule mod_dir.c>
            DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.html index.xhtml index.htm
        </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

In my apache.conf file, I have this section:

# Sets the default security model of the Apache2 HTTPD server. It does
# not allow access to the root filesystem outside of /usr/share and /var/www.
# The former is used by web applications packaged in Debian,
# the latter may be used for local directories served by the web server. If
# your system is serving content from a sub-directory in /srv you must allow
# access here, or in any related virtual host.
<Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all denied
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share>
        AllowOverride None
        Require all denied
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

<VirtualHost davidtessier.ca:80>
    ServerName davidtessier.ca
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost notes.davidtessier.ca:80>
    ServerName notes.davidtessier.ca
    DocumentRoot /var/www/laverna/dist
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost test.davidtessier.ca:80>
    ServerName test.davidtessier.ca
    DocumentRoot /var/www/testlink
</VirtualHost>

#<Directory /srv/>
#       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
#       AllowOverride None
#       Require all granted
#</Directory>
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All of those vhost files seem to have only port 80.
where are the ones for 443?

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I’ll add an SSL version and let you know if that works. Thanks!

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When I added the ssl versions of the conf files it worked.

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