# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**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, 5:56am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/44 "2021-10-15T05:56:49Z")
> [@matthewcole805](#): > > `The dry run was successful.` Perfect! Now do you want certbot to create the HTTPS vhost for you? [or do you want to do that yourself?] ---
**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, 5:58am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/45 "2021-10-15T05:58:04Z")
I think I want certbot to do that. 🙂 ---
**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, 5:58am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/46 "2021-10-15T05:58:48Z")
Do: ```nohighlight certbot -i apache \ --webroot -w /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com \ -d matthewalbertcole.com \ -d www.matthewalbertcole.com ``` ---
**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, 6:09am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/47 "2021-10-15T06:09:07Z")
Back to the same error unfortunately ```nohighlight Deploying certificate Successfully deployed certificate for matthewalbertcole.com to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf Successfully deployed certificate for www.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 Unable to find corresponding HTTP vhost; Unable to create one as intended addresses conflict; Current configuration does not support automated redirection Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details. ``` ---
**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, 6:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/48 "2021-10-15T06:12:48Z")
~~Not exactly.~~ > [@matthewcole805](#): > > ```nohighlight > Successfully deployed certificate for matthewalbertcole.com ... > Successfully deployed certificate for www.matthewalbertcole.com ... > > ``` Restart `Apache` and enjoy life! Did it ask you if you wanted redirection? If so, we had already done that. EDIT: I do see how it seems full-circle. But not all was wasted... We did add the extra name into the cert. We did add a cool redirection that takes into account any future HTTP challenge requests. ---
**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, 6:16am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/49 "2021-10-15T06:16:55Z")
> [@matthewcole805](#): > > `Unable to find corresponding HTTP vhost` That still seems really weird. ---
**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, 6:17am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/50 "2021-10-15T06:17:28Z")
ok the website works now! thank you ---
**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, 6:17am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/51 "2021-10-15T06:17:49Z")
ya, no idea what that means ---
**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, 6:19am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/52 "2021-10-15T06:19:44Z")
Now I'm confused... There was already an HTTPS vhost configured for BOTH names: > [@matthewcole805](#): > > ```nohighlight > irtualHost 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) > > ``` **Please show the current 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 15, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/53 "2021-10-15T06:26:45Z")
> [@rg305](#): > > sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP\_VHOSTS ```nohighlight root@nodejs-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc3-01:~/matthewalbertcole.com# 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, 6:31am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/54 "2021-10-15T06:31:53Z")
> [@matthewcole805](#): > > ```nohighlight > 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) > > ``` Ok that doesn't seem to have changed. **Please show that file.** **And the output of:** `certbot certificates` ---
**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, 6:39am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/55 "2021-10-15T06:39:52Z")
```nohighlight root@nodejs-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc3-01:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled# cat matthewalbertcole.com-le-ssl.conf ServerAdmin root@matthewalbertcole.com DocumentRoot /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com ServerName www.matthewalbertcole.com Redirect permanent / https://matthewalbertcole.com Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com/fullchain.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com/privkey.pem ServerAdmin root@matthewalbertcole.com DocumentRoot /var/www/matthewalbertcole.com ServerName matthewalbertcole.com Order deny,allow Allow from all SSLEngine on SSLProxyEngine on ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf ProxyRequests Off ProxyPreserveHost On SSLProxyVerify none SSLProxyCheckPeerCN off SSLProxyCheckPeerName off SSLProxyCheckPeerExpire off ProxyRequests Off ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/ ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/ Timeout 600 ProxyTimeout 600 SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1 SetEnv proxy-initial-not-pooled 1 SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com/fullchain.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com/privkey.pem ``` ```nohighlight root@nodejs-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc3-01:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled# certbot certificates Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Found the following certs: Certificate Name: matthewalbertcole.com-0001 Serial Number: 3764ecefe16ad1dc47dc81a53da3306a2f2 Key Type: RSA Domains: matthewalbertcole.com Expiry Date: 2022-01-13 02:05:29+00:00 (VALID: 89 days) Certificate Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com-0001/fullchain.pem Private Key Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com-0001/privkey.pem Certificate Name: matthewalbertcole.com Serial Number: 391e35cbfcb66ef4a52886c6e9e3879c49d Key Type: RSA Domains: matthewalbertcole.com www.matthewalbertcole.com Expiry Date: 2022-01-13 05:08:17+00:00 (VALID: 89 days) Certificate Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com/fullchain.pem Private Key Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/matthewalbertcole.com/privkey.pem Certificate Name: pdxwater.org-0001 Serial Number: 496a9dcb4ebc15ecb2b3e4f556005736f54 Key Type: RSA Domains: pdxwater.org Expiry Date: 2021-11-29 08:58:53+00:00 (VALID: 45 days) Certificate Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/pdxwater.org-0001/fullchain.pem Private Key Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/pdxwater.org-0001/privkey.pem Certificate Name: pdxwater.org Serial Number: 377ed01cda572be801c2562016df54587bc Key Type: RSA Domains: pdxwater.org www.pdxwater.org Expiry Date: 2021-11-29 19:47:10+00:00 (VALID: 45 days) Certificate Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/pdxwater.org/fullchain.pem Private Key Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/pdxwater.org/privkey.pem Certificate Name: www.matthewalbertcole.com Serial Number: 486ca6f83b043b88476794e8f984f772946 Key Type: RSA Domains: www.matthewalbertcole.com Expiry Date: 2022-01-13 02:00:50+00:00 (VALID: 89 days) Certificate Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.matthewalbertcole.com/fullchain.pem Private Key Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.matthewalbertcole.com/privkey.pem - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ``` ---
**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, 6:48am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/56 "2021-10-15T06:48:59Z")
I don't see much of anything wrong there... You can remove the unused cert: `cerbot delete --cert-name matthewalbertcole.com-0001` All should be well now 🙂 ---
**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, 6:55am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/57 "2021-10-15T06:55:36Z")
> [@rg305](#): > > cerbot delete --cert-name matthewalbertcole.com-0001 Thank You for your help. Happy to see it working again! ---
**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, 7:00am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/failed-redirect/163099/58 "2021-10-15T07:00:01Z")
Glad to have helped 🙂 Cheers from Miami 🍻 #FreeCUBA 🇨🇺 ---
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