Question:
How can I get a letsencrypt certificate installed on my new NextCloudPi installation, running on a Raspberry Pi in my home?
Brief Details:
My NextCloudPi instance is working well. I can access it from outside my home network via freedns using my subdomain name hazybluesky.mooo.com. However, of course I get the browser warnings about a self-signed certificate. I have tried installing letsencrypt certs both from the command line (see below) and using a script/wizard from the NextCloudPi admin panel. However, I consistently get the same error about http-01
challenge timeout. The error message suggests a firewall problem. However, my firewall does not block ports 80 or 443.
More Details:
My domain is:
hazybluesky.mooo.com
I ran this command:
sudo certbot --rsa-key-size 4096 --authenticator standalone --installer apache --pre-hook "apachectl -k stop" --post-hook "apachectl -k start"
I also tried using the built-in letsencrypt script which runs from the GUI interface for NextCloudPi.
Both result in the same error messages. Here is the output from those commands:
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator standalone, Installer apache
Enter email address (used for urgent renewal and security notices) (Enter 'c' to
cancel):
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Please read the Terms of Service at
https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.2-November-15-2017.pdf. You must
agree in order to register with the ACME server at
https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
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(A)gree/(C)ancel: A
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Would you be willing to share your email address with the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, a founding partner of the Let's Encrypt project and the non-profit
organization that develops Certbot? We'd like to send you email about our work
encrypting the web, EFF news, campaigns, and ways to support digital freedom.
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(Y)es/(N)o: N
Which names would you like to activate HTTPS for?
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1: hazybluesky.mooo.com
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Select the appropriate numbers separated by commas and/or spaces, or leave input
blank to select all options shown (Enter 'c' to cancel): 1
Running pre-hook command: apachectl -k stop
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for hazybluesky.mooo.com
Waiting for verification...
Cleaning up challenges
Running post-hook command: apachectl -k start
Failed authorization procedure. hazybluesky.mooo.com (http-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:connection :: The server could not connect to the client to verify the domain :: Fetching http://hazybluesky.mooo.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/n7J79E4olNUsmLIBTtdnbHmQ9XteUsk4y-cuxRiQEPg: Timeout during connect (likely firewall problem)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- The following errors were reported by the server:
Domain: hazybluesky.mooo.com
Type: connection
Detail: Fetching
http://hazybluesky.mooo.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/n7J79E4olNUsmLIBTtdnbHmQ9XteUsk4y-cuxRiQEPg:
Timeout during connect (likely firewall problem)
To fix these errors, please make sure that your domain name was
entered correctly and the DNS A/AAAA record(s) for that domain
contain(s) the right IP address. Additionally, please check that
your computer has a publicly routable IP address and that no
firewalls are preventing the server from communicating with the
client. If you're using the webroot plugin, you should also verify
that you are serving files from the webroot path you provided.
- Your account credentials have been saved in your Certbot
configuration directory at /etc/letsencrypt. You should make a
secure backup of this folder now. This configuration directory will
also contain certificates and private keys obtained by Certbot so
making regular backups of this folder is ideal.`
My web server is (include version):
NextCloud 14.4.0.2
The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
NextCloudPi v0.67.8 [based on Rasbpian 9]
My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
n/a
I am hosting this on a Raspberry Pi in my home.
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):
yes, I am using the built in NextCloudPi control panel.
