ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR : Website sent an invalid response

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My domain is: tipsring.com

I ran this command:

I have installed certbot and successfully activated SSL certificate generation and manually placed the .pem files path in the apache’s .conf file. But SSL is not working.

Tried running command:
echo | openssl s_client -connect tipsring.com:443 -servername tipsring.com -verify_hostname tipsring.com 2>&1 | openssl x509 -noout -text | grep -E '(CN|DNS)'

It produced this output:

unable to load certificate
139970731263296:error:0909006C:PEM routines:get_name:no start line:…/crypto/pem/pem_lib.c:745:Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE

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): Yes

I’m using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):
I’m using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel): no, I am using my own file manager

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version if you’re using Certbot):
certbot 0.40.0

You’re serving HTTP content on port 443. Not HTTPS. You can verify this by surfing to http://tipsring.com:443/ (notice the protocol and port). Your Apache configuration is erroneous.

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Unable to find a solution for this. Any suggestions for debugging how should I proceed to resolve this apache configuration error?

Read for example the offical Apache SSL/TLS how-to.

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