# Error on renew cert: unexpected error: Missing command line flag or config entry for this setting:
**URL:** https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-on-renew-cert-unexpected-error-missing-command-line-flag-or-config-entry-for-this-setting/95215
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-on-renew-cert-unexpected-error-missing-command-line-flag-or-config-entry-for-this-setting/95215 "2019-06-05T16:57:54Z")
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### Author:  [@pluplu](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/pluplu)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-on-renew-cert-unexpected-error-missing-command-line-flag-or-config-entry-for-this-setting/95215/1 "2019-06-05T16:57:55Z")
whenever i try to renew my domain’s certificate using cerbot I’m faced with an error message.
this a linux server running ubuntu and apache, the certificate was issued by certbot, the server doesn’t have a control panel so everything is done using ssh.
the commandline response with error message at the bottom:
```auto
Attempting to parse the version 0.32.0 renewal configuration file found at /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/mydomin.com.conf with version 0.31.0 of Certbot.
This might not work.
Cert is due for renewal, auto-renewing...
Plugins selected: Authenticator webroot, Installer None
Renewing an existing certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for mydomin.com
http-01 challenge for www.mydomin.com
Cleaning up challenges
Attempting to renew cert (mydomin.com) from /etc/letsencrypt/renewal
/mydomin.com.conf produced an unexpected error: Missing command line flag or config entry for this setting:
Input the webroot for mydomin.com:. Skipping.
All renewal attempts failed. The following certs could not be renewed:
/etc/letsencrypt/live/mydomin.com/fullchain.pem (failure)
```
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### Author:  [@JuergenAuer](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/JuergenAuer)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-on-renew-cert-unexpected-error-missing-command-line-flag-or-config-entry-for-this-setting/95215/2 "2019-06-05T17:12:24Z")
Hi @pluplu
> [@pluplu](#):
>
> Attempting to parse the version 0.32.0 renewal configuration file found at /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/mydomin.com.conf with version 0.31.0 of Certbot.
please share the content of that config file. And your domain name.
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Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. Note: you must provide your domain name to get help. Domain names for issued certificates are all made public in Certificate Transparency logs (e.g. [crt.sh | example.com](https://crt.sh/?q=example.com)), so withholding your domain name here does not increase secrecy, but only makes it harder for us to provide help.
My domain is:
I ran this command:
It produced this output:
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):
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):
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-on-renew-cert-unexpected-error-missing-command-line-flag-or-config-entry-for-this-setting/95215/3 "2019-07-05T17:12:33Z")
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