Error 429 - Too many requests on my site

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My domain is: marvinskilla.tk

I ran this command: sudo certbot --nginx

It produced this output:

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator nginx, Installer nginx

Which names would you like to activate HTTPS for?


1: marvinskilla.tk


Select the appropriate numbers separated by commas and/or spaces, or leave input
blank to select all options shown (Enter 'c' to cancel): 1
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for marvinskilla.tk
Waiting for verification...
Cleaning up challenges
Failed authorization procedure. marvinskilla.tk (http-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized :: The client lacks sufficient authorization :: Invalid response from http://marvinskilla.tk/.well-known/acme-challenge/emnkAe2IWLo3r_YRzjw3TN6vWS1gRrU1kkTExnD5yII [195.20.42.214]: "\r\n429 Too Many Requests\r\n\r\n

429 Too Many Requests

\r\n
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IMPORTANT NOTES:

My web server is (include version): nginx/1.10.3

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Raspbian Stretch (Debian Stretch)

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: myself (Port 80 is already forwarded)

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 0.28.0

Hi @MarvinSkilla

your configuration is wrong. There is a check of your domain, there you see the problem - https://check-your-website.server-daten.de/?q=marvinskilla.tk

Your ip address

Host T IP-Address is auth. ∑ Queries ∑ Timeout
marvinskilla.tk A 195.20.42.214 Amsterdam/North Holland/Netherlands (NL) - OpenTLD Web Network No Hostname found yes 1 0
AAAA yes
www.marvinskilla.tk C marvinskilla.tk yes 1 0
A 195.20.42.214 Amsterdam/North Holland/Netherlands (NL) - OpenTLD Web Network No Hostname found yes

But checking that domain there is a frame:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>marvinskilla.tk</title> <meta name="description" content="marvinskilla.tk"> <meta name="keywords" content="marvinskilla.tk"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-23441223-3']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']); _gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> </head> <frameset rows="*"> <frame frameborder=0 src="http://91.227.236.223" name="dot_tk_frame_content" scrolling="auto" noresize> </frameset> </html> 

With your real ip address 91.227.236.223.

So the wrong ip address is checked.

First step: Change your ip address - A record -> 91.227.236.223

Info: Html-Content with frame found, may be a problem creating a Letsencrypt certificate using http-01 validation

Then recheck your domain.

Thank you for your answer!

I’m using dot.tk (freenom) for my domain name and there’s the options

  1. Nameservers
  2. Register glue records and
  3. URL Forwarding

I’ve chosen option 3 there and entered my IP address with forward mode “Frame (cloaking)” so maybe this was the problem.

So I’ve changed my DNS entries to Cloudflare to make things easier. Now getting an SSL cert shouldn’t be a problem.

Thank you for you solution!

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