Error 429 Rate limit

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My domain is: citystays.nl

I ran this command: i got a error due to a broken vm, this is a new vm and cant get the ssl to work

It produced this output:
An error occurred creating certificates with Let's Encrypt:

acme: error: 429 :: POST :: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order
:: urn:ietf:params:acme:error:rateLimited :: Error creating new order :: too
many certificates already issued for exact set of domains:
citystays.nl,www.citystays.nl

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):

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

When can i get a ssl again for this domain?

also, is there a thing we can do in the meantime to have an ssl?

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Hi @00FF00Parsley

please read your complete error message.

Then the link shared there.

PS: Use your backup of that VM, there is a valid certificate.

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Hi Juegen,

Thank you for helping me out.

So if i can find the old certificate on the vm what broke down, i can restore it?
What files do i need from that vm? i can search for it maybe.
is it citystays.nl.crt ?

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Please: I have no idea

  • if you have a backup
  • if you have one, how that backup is organized
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I have a the vm live now, and can ssh into it. ill search for it.
the certificate is in .crt extension?

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No idea, as you haven't said which client you're using. If you're using certbot, you'd be looking for cert.pem and privkey.pem, and they'd be somewhere in /etc/letsencrypt/.

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Okay thank you, ill look into that.

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Thanks for helping me out, i have succesfully retrieved the .crt and .key from the old vm.

I did this trough SSH and sftp.

Thank you! ssl is working fine for now!

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