Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. My domain is: eanbowman.com (and a few others) I ran this command: certbot --apache (about 3 times) It produced this output: Incorrect validation certificate for tls-sni-01 challenge. My operating system is (include version): Ubuntu My…

Hi @eanbowman , That particular rate limit will expire after an hour. Try --staging for testing against the test server in the meantime (and for any future experiments).

[image] schoen: --staging Thanks very much! I saw in another post 3 hours which had me worried. Any idea why it would be failing?

[image] eanbowman: Any idea why it would be failing? I made a few suggestions in this thread about the most common reasons [image] Incorrect validation certificate for challenge Help Q… based on my experiences helping people on this forum in the past.

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Is it possible that you have multiple virtual hosts defined within the same Apache configuration file?

I have multiple virtual hosts. Aha! If I set it up so only the SSL on my main site is enabled it works! Now I wonder how to get it to run for the subdomains?

Also: Now I’m kind-of boned for at least an hour. I mean, my site didn’t work before but now it’s… half working? The cert is from letsencrypt but from the staging server and not trusted. Is there any way to see what the cooldown time is? Does it reset if I re-try? @schoen If I keep running certbot…

Okay this is really weird: Failed authorization procedure. eanbowman.com (tls-sni-01): urn:acme:error:connection :: The server could not connect to the client to verify the domain :: DNS problem: query timed out looking up A for eanbowman.com I tested my site’s DNS and it’s good. Maybe a glitch? I…

http://dnssec-debugger.verisignlabs.com/eanbowman.com :frowning: I have no idea how to fix this stuff. This is the last thing I needed. I need to be working on my portfolio. Why does my site where NOBODY logs in need a perfect chain of signed certs anyway? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What would you like to do? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Attempt to reinstall this existing certificate 2: Renew & replace the cert (limit ~5 per 7 days) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select the ap…

My site uses Apache. Auth failed 3 or 4 times. Now I'm rate limited. Please help!

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schoen May 1, 2017, 10:24pm 12

It seems like there might be a problem with Let's Encrypt's DNS resolver at the moment:

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My site uses Apache. Auth failed 3 or 4 times. Now I'm rate limited. Please help!

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