# Failed redirect **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 14, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099 "2021-10-14T13:18:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/1 "2021-10-14T13:18:49Z")
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: [matthewalbertcole.com](http://matthewalbertcole.com) I ran this command: certbot -d [matthewalbertcole.com](http://matthewalbertcole.com) It produced this output: ```nohighlight Deploying certificate Successfully deployed certificate for matthewalbertcole.com to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf Failed redirect for matthewalbertcole.com Unable to set the redirect enhancement for matthewalbertcole.com. NEXT STEPS: - The certificate was saved, but could not be installed (installer: apache). After fixing the error shown below, try installing it again by running: certbot install --cert-name matthewalbertcole.com-0001 Unable to find corresponding HTTP vhost; Unable to create one as intended addresses conflict; Current configuration does not support automated redirection ``` My web server is (include version): ubuntu The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): ubuntu 20.04 My hosting provider, if applicable, is: [digitalocean.com](http://digitalocean.com) 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): pm2 apache2 The version of my client is (e.g. output of `certbot --version` or `certbot-auto --version` if you're using Certbot): 1.20.0 ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/2 "2021-10-14T15:32:17Z")
Please review (and fix) your `Apache` configuration. Start with the output of: `sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS` ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/3 "2021-10-14T22:22:41Z")
Ok, thank you for the reply. Here is the output of `sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS` ```nohighlight VirtualHost configuration: *:443 is a NameVirtualHost default server www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:12) port 443 namevhost www.pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:12) ``` ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/4 "2021-10-15T00:04:26Z")
Is that all of it? Where are the entries for HTTP?: ```nohighlight *:80 is a NameVirtualHost default server ..... port 80 namevhost ..... port 80 namevhost ..... ``` ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/6 "2021-10-15T00:44:21Z")
oops, sorry here is the rest: ```nohighlight VirtualHost configuration: *:443 is a NameVirtualHost default server www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:12) port 443 namevhost www.pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:12) *:80 is a NameVirtualHost default server matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.conf:1) port 80 namevhost matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.conf:1) alias www.matthewalbertcole.com port 80 namevhost pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org.conf:1) alias www.pdxwater.org ``` ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/7 "2021-10-15T02:43:13Z")
Let's have a look at this file: > [@matthewcole805](#): > > `/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.conf` ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/8 "2021-10-15T03:12:25Z")
I was messing around and realized I accidentally misnamed it matthewalbertcole.conf instead of matthewalbertcole.com.conf, so I corrected it and re-enabled it. The problem persisted though. Here is the contents: ```nohighlight ServerAdmin root@matthewalbertcole.com DocumentRoot /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/ ServerName matthewalbertcole.com ServerAlias www.matthewalbertcole.com ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined #Redirect permanent / https://matthewalbertcole.com #ProxyRequests On #ProxyPass / https://localhost:8080/ #ProxyPassReverse / localhost:8080/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/9 "2021-10-15T03:19:08Z")
> [@matthewcole805](#): > > `DocumentRoot /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/` Let's test that as the challenge path: ```nohighlight sudo mkdir -p /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/ echo X > /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test-File-1234 ``` Then we try to access is via: `http://matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test-File-1234` ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/10 "2021-10-15T03:22:12Z")
You can also replace this logic: [instead of ever reenabling it] > [@matthewcole805](#): > > `#Redirect permanent / https://matthewalbertcole.com` With this logic: ```nohighlight RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/acme-challenge [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L] ``` ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/11 "2021-10-15T03:55:52Z")
> [@rg305](#): > > `http://matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test-File-1234` # Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server. Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) Server at [matthewalbertcole.com](http://matthewalbertcole.com) Port 80 ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/12 "2021-10-15T03:58:00Z")
Show: `ls -l /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/` And again: `sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS` ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/13 "2021-10-15T04:04:13Z")
> [@rg305](#): > > ```nohighlight > RewriteEngine On > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/acme-challenge [NC] > RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on > RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L] > > ``` ok done as well ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/14 "2021-10-15T04:07:15Z")
`ls -l /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/` ```nohighlight total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 Oct 15 03:53 Test-File ``` and `sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS` ```nohighlight *:443 is a NameVirtualHost default server www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:12) port 443 namevhost www.pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:12) *:80 is a NameVirtualHost default server matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com.conf:1) port 80 namevhost matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com.conf:1) alias www.matthewalbertcole.com port 80 namevhost pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org.conf:1) alias www.pdxwater.org ``` ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/15 "2021-10-15T04:12:05Z")
Maybe you missed my last post/requests: > [@rg305](#): > > Show: > `ls -l /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/` > > And again: > `sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS` ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/17 "2021-10-15T04:21:12Z")
my reply is still hidden... ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/18 "2021-10-15T04:25:22Z")
What do you mean hidden? I see nothing (even hidden) Just cancel it and do it again. Refresh the page if you have to. ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/19 "2021-10-15T04:28:34Z")
> [@rg305](#): > > `sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS` ```nohighlight root@nodejs-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc3-01:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled# ls -l /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/ total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 Oct 15 03:53 Test-File root@nodejs-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc3-01:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled# sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS VirtualHost configuration: *:443 is a NameVirtualHost default server www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost www.matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf:12) port 443 namevhost www.pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:2) port 443 namevhost pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org-le-ssl.conf:12) *:80 is a NameVirtualHost default server matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com.conf:1) port 80 namevhost matthewalbertcole.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com.conf:1) alias www.matthewalbertcole.com port 80 namevhost pdxwater.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/pdxwater.org.conf:1) alias www.pdxwater.org ``` ---
**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/20 "2021-10-15T04:29:28Z")
OK, please show: `cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com.conf` ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/21 "2021-10-15T04:29:29Z")
I don't know where it went, but I'm up a trust level now so hopefully it doesn't happen again. ---
**Author:** ![matthewcole805](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@matthewcole805](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/matthewcole805)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/22 "2021-10-15T04:30:36Z")
> [@rg305](#): > > cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com.conf ```nohighlight root@nodejs-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc3-01:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled# cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com.conf ServerAdmin root@matthewalbertcole.com DocumentRoot /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com/ ServerName matthewalbertcole.com ServerAlias www.matthewalbertcole.com ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/acme-challenge [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L] #ProxyRequests On #ProxyPass / https://localhost:8080/ #ProxyPassReverse / localhost:8080/ ``` [Next page](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099.md?page=2)