Error: Could not issue a Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate

[mliwolfpaw]

Hi all,

I was trying to renew my SSL, but no luck to do it for couple of days. Here is the error message I got from Plesk.

Error: Could not issue a Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate for .

The authorization token is not available at http:///.well-known/acme-challenge/U9Ij3FzRRkZpvt6iQElcW-teIFBBjEv9xVr501CLgkQ - http:///.well-known/acme-challenge/U9Ij3FzRRkZpvt6iQElcW-teIFBBjEv9xVr501CLgkQ .
To resolve the issue, make it is possible to download the token file via the above URL.
See the related Knowledge Base article for details.
Details Invalid response from https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz/ZjAhzFYHLt3G1iTXA45w_s88mkodyOgsVbXpujlS_6A - https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz/ZjAhzFYHLt3G1iTXA45w_s88mkodyOgsVbXpujlS_6A .
Details:
Type: urn:acme:error:unauthorized
Status: 403
Detail: Invalid response from http:///.well-known/acme-challenge/U9Ij3FzRRkZpvt6iQElcW-teIFBBjEv9xVr501CLgkQ - http:///.well-known/acme-challenge/U9Ij3FzRRkZpvt6iQElcW-teIFBBjEv9xVr501CLgkQ : "

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[_az]

Hello,

You need to get DotNetNuke to serve files for the /.well-known/acme-challenge/ URL prefix from the same directories on the file system. At the moment, it looks like DNN is intercepting those requests and serving a 4xx instead.

I found the following posts online that mention this specific issue with DNN and Let’s Encrypt, with some information about solutions:

• https://justinacton.com/2016/08/12/free-ssl-cert-for-dnn-using-lets-encrypt/
• http://blog.danielcirket.co.uk/DNN-Community-Lets-Encrypt/

Are you able to create a ‘test’ file within the .well-known/acme-challenge directory, and reliably access it from a browser?

[mliwolfpaw]

Hi _az,

Thank you so much for the reply, I could access the test under the directory as I did that test when I first get the SSL. I will try to check the DNN to see if I could fix this issue. Thanks again.