Fedora 39 renew error: Problem in Augeas installation

My domain is: dbd.vives.org

I ran this command: certbot renew -vv

It produced this output:

Root logging level set at 0
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Notifying user: Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/dbd.vives.org.conf

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/dbd.vives.org.conf
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Requested authenticator None and installer None
Requested authenticator None and installer None
Starting new HTTP connection (1): r3.o.lencr.org:80
http://r3.o.lencr.org:80 "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 503
OCSP response for certificate /etc/letsencrypt/archive/dbd.vives.org/cert15.pem is signed by the certificate's issuer.
OCSP certificate status for /etc/letsencrypt/archive/dbd.vives.org/cert15.pem is: OCSPCertStatus.GOOD
Should renew, less than 30 days before certificate expiry 2024-02-07 07:29:32 UTC.
Certificate is due for renewal, auto-renewing...
Requested authenticator apache and installer apache
Apache version is 2.4.58
No installation (PluginEntryPoint#apache): Problem in Augeas installation
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/plugins/disco.py", line 112, in prepare
    self._initialized.prepare()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot_apache/_internal/configurator.py", line 376, in prepare
    self.parser = self.get_parser()
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot_apache/_internal/override_fedora.py", line 42, in get_parser
    return FedoraParser(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot_apache/_internal/override_fedora.py", line 76, in __init__
    super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot_apache/_internal/parser.py", line 60, in __init__
    self.aug: Augeas = init_augeas()
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot_apache/_internal/parser.py", line 956, in init_augeas
    raise errors.NoInstallationError("Problem in Augeas installation")
certbot.errors.NoInstallationError: Problem in Augeas installation
No candidate plugin
No candidate plugin
Failed to renew certificate dbd.vives.org with error: The apache plugin is not working; there may be problems with your existing configuration.
The error was: NoInstallationError('Problem in Augeas installation')
Traceback was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/renewal.py", line 540, in handle_renewal_request
    main.renew_cert(lineage_config, plugins, renewal_candidate)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 1547, in renew_cert
    installer, auth = plug_sel.choose_configurator_plugins(config, plugins, "certonly")
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/plugins/selection.py", line 256, in choose_configurator_plugins
    diagnose_configurator_problem("authenticator", req_auth, plugins)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/plugins/selection.py", line 374, in diagnose_configurator_problem
    raise errors.PluginSelectionError(msg)
certbot.errors.PluginSelectionError: The apache plugin is not working; there may be problems with your existing configuration.
The error was: NoInstallationError('Problem in Augeas installation')

My web server is (include version): 2.4.58

Apache 2.4.58

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

Fedora Linux 39 (Server Edition) x86_64

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):

No

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

certbot 2.8.0

Hi @JoanLlu, and welcome to the LE community forum :slight_smile:

Did you follow certbot's recommended installation instructions?:
Certbot Instructions | Certbot (eff.org)

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