Could not reverse map the HTTPS VirtualHost to the original

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This seems like a common problem with few or no solutions provided. Other than filling out the form, I have also provided my site config at the end of this post.

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My domain is: skytoground.org

I ran this command: certbot install --cert-name skytoground.org

It produced this output:

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Deploying certificate
Could not install certificate
Could not reverse map the HTTPS VirtualHost to the original
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.

My web server is (include version): apache2

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): ubuntu 20.04

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: n/a (Linode)

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): certbot 1.32.2

000-default.conf

WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/skydiving_tools/skydiving_tools/skydiving_tools/wsgi.py
WSGIPythonPath /var/www/skydiving_tools/skydiving_tools

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName skytoground.org
  ServerAlias www.skytoground.org

  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html

  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
  
  Alias /static/ /var/www/skydiving_tools/static_files/
  Alias /media/ /var/www/skydiving_tools/media_files/

  <Directory /var/www/skydiving_tools/static_files/>
  Require all granted
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
  </Directory>

  <Directory /var/www/skydiving_tools/media_files/>
  Require all granted
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

        

<Directory /var/www/skydiving_tools/skydiving_tools/skydiving_tools>
  <Files wsgi.py>
    Require all granted
  </Files>
</Directory>
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You have the certificate. Your best option is to manually install it. Mozilla offers a great tool: https://ssl-config.mozilla.org/

Your problem is almost definitely due to the presence of mod_wsgi. Certbot's installation is essentially incompatible with many Apache modules mostly due to either: (i) an inability to parse apache configuration files that contain module specific syntax or directives; or (ii) the way certbot creates a new HTTPS host will duplicate a configuration directive that needs to be unique.

I think you are running into the latter problem, because IIRC Certbot will duplicate the entire file including those 3 mod_wsgi directives.

Here is a related question on Stack Overflow and some similar Certbot tickets.

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Hi @SkyToGround, and welcome to the LE community forum :slight_smile:

Let's begin to correct the problem by reviewing the Apache config, with:
sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS

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Sure:

*:80                   skytoground.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:5)
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Is that the only output?

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Except for the fluff, it sure is:

$ sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS
VirtualHost configuration:
*:80                   skytoground.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:5)
$
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Let's have a look at this file:

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That file is posted in its entirety in my first post.

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hmm...
It seems that certbot is being thrown off by the WSGI.

Can you manually create the HTTPS vhost?

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