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My domain is:officeapp.host

I ran this command: i clicked on request certificate on virtualmin

It produced this output:request failed : Web-based validation failed : Failed to request certificate :
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/share/webmin/webmin/acme_tiny.py”, line 198, in
main(sys.argv[1:])
File “/usr/share/webmin/webmin/acme_tiny.py”, line 194, in main
signed_crt = get_crt(args.account_key, args.csr, args.acme_dir, log=LOGGER, CA=args.ca, disable_check=args.disable_check, directory_url=args.directory_url, contact=args.contact)
File “/usr/share/webmin/webmin/acme_tiny.py”, line 143, in get_crt
raise ValueError(“Wrote file to {0}, but couldn’t download {1}: {2}”.format(wellknown_path, wellknown_url, e))
ValueError: Wrote file to /home/officeapp/public_html/.well-known/acme-challenge/EbwBusWPJ1M1jw8Ao8bgdO1GPFx45WS5ZZZiY5-vZLc, but couldn’t download http://mail.officeapp.host/.well-known/acme-challenge/EbwBusWPJ1M1jw8Ao8bgdO1GPFx45WS5ZZZiY5-vZLc: Error:
Url: http://mail.officeapp.host/.well-known/acme-challenge/EbwBusWPJ1M1jw8Ao8bgdO1GPFx45WS5ZZZiY5-vZLc
Data: None
Response Code: 404
Response:

404 Not Found

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server.

, DNS-based validation failed : Failed to request certificate :
usage: acme_tiny.py [-h] --account-key ACCOUNT_KEY --csr CSR --acme-dir
ACME_DIR [–quiet] [–disable-check]
[–directory-url DIRECTORY_URL] [–ca CA]
[–contact [CONTACT [CONTACT …]]]
acme_tiny.py: error: argument --acme-dir is required

My web server is (include version):ubuntu

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu Linux 16.04.6

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: digital ocean

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don’t know):i dont know

I’m using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):
virtualmin 6.09
The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you’re using Certbot):i dont know

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So, who knows?
[this is not a shared system - it is a dedicated server]

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Is there a system administrator?
Who can review the Apache configs, and LE logs?
[and make changes, if needed]

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i am sorry i am new to this thing. By root shell do you mean (putty)
Kernel and CPU Linux 4.4.0-169-generic on x86_64
Webmin version 1.942
Usermin version 1.791
operating system Ubuntu Linux 16.04.6

Operating system Ubuntu Linux 16.04.6
Perl version 5.022001
Path to Perl /usr/bin/perl
BIND version 9.10
Postfix version 3.1.0
Mail injection command /usr/lib/sendmail -t
Apache version 2.4.18
PHP versions 7.0.33
Webalizer version 2.23-08
Logrotate version 3.8.7
MySQL version 5.7.30-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProFTPD version 1.35
SpamAssassin version 3.4.2
ClamAV version 0.102.3

i guess issue is clearly mentioned in the response i pasted prior to this, i dont understand it but may be you guys do. So kindly help me out if you can…

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Yes.

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yes i can log in to shell on my machine

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I won’t bother to go over your qualifications.
Please show the output of this command:
apachectl -S
[everything above “ServerRoot:”]

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VirtualHost configuration:
139.59.60.150:80 officeapp.host (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/officeapp.host.conf:1)
139.59.60.150:443 officeapp.host (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/officeapp.host.conf:58)

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Well…
There is no vhost config for “mail.officeapp.host”
[problem #1]

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could you give me the solution please. I’ll follow the instructions. Its been 7 hours i am stuck on this… I’ll be grateful for any help.

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If I was your system admin I probably could.
But since I'm not, and seeing that you don't really have one...
My only advice is for you to review all the settings in VirtualMin.
You are asking that system to get a cert for a name that doesn't really exist on that system.
[That can only be fixed by the system administrator - someone who understands how VirtaulMin works]

Best of luck to you.

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i followed a tutorial from udemy and did everything as its mentioned in the video. I’ll try and create again see if it works. Thanks for your help. I’ll try and create again see if it works.

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Pay close attention to any fields where you used “officeapp.host” and should have been “mail.officeapp.host”

Again, best of luck to you.
And cheers from Miami :beers:

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Thank you, love from india…Namaste :pray:

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