Letsencrypt-vesta Client Error - The key authorization file from the server did not match

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An update for you @StephDotNet @ahaw021 @steampunkjnkies @jsha,

I have had some success that may relate to all or some of our problems.

Thank you @jsha for the guidance, I did indeed find a nginx config file that was creating the reply - nginx.vpscloud.biz.conf_letsencrypt:

location ~ "^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/(.*)$" {
    default_type text/plain;
    return 200 "$1.ggSx6hy43AXM901bwJ_Dr4mYLANeJZ8AC4Xxg_N3Bgg";
}

From its date it looks to be left from the failed attempt to create new certs with the VestaCP plugin, which was failing with a timeout - as mentioned in:

After removing this config file "nginx.vpscloud.biz.conf_letsencrypt" the command line process now fails with the same CCA timeout, but at least its making progress!

> Failed authorization procedure. vpscloud.biz (http-01): urn:acme:error:connection :: The server could not connect to the client to verify the domain :: DNS problem: query timed out looking up CAA for vpscloud.biz

> IMPORTANT NOTES:
>  - The following errors were reported by the server:

>    Domain: vpscloud.biz
>    Type:   connection
>    Detail: DNS problem: query timed out looking up CAA for
>    vpscloud.biz

>    To fix these errors, please make sure that your domain name was
>    entered correctly and the DNS A 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.

Now all I have to solve is an issue with one of the major DNS providers in Australia! :wink:

I hope this will help point others with VestaCP in the right direction, the nginx config chain of files is located in the "conf" directory for your VestaCP user in my case - "/home/admin/conf/web"

Thanks to all and regards,

Mark.

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