# No module named datetime Error when Autorenew certbot **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [December 30, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219 "2017-12-30T02:01:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yuzool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/yuzool/32/18967_2.png) [@yuzool](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/yuzool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219/1 "2017-12-30T02:01:48Z")
Hi Let's Encrypt community, I need some help with auto-renewing my SSL 🙂 It's been auto-renewing manually every 90 days for a while but after a server tidy up it seems to be showing some errors now and I can't debug. My domain is: [https://rwwriter.com](https://rwwriter.com) I ran this command: `./certbot-auto renew` It produced this output: > Error: couldn't get currently installed version for /opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/bin/letsencrypt: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/bin/letsencrypt", line 7, in > from certbot.main import main > File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/certbot/main.py", line 9, in > from acme import jose > File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/acme/jose/ **init**.py", line 37, in > from acme.jose.interfaces import JSONDeSerializable > File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/acme/jose/interfaces.py", line 9, in > from acme.jose import util > File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/acme/jose/util.py", line 5, in > import OpenSSL > File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/OpenSSL/ **init**.py", line 8, in > from OpenSSL import rand, crypto, SSL > File "/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/OpenSSL/crypto.py", line 1, in > import datetime > ImportError: No module named datetime Then I ran: `python -c 'import datetime; print datetime.datetime.now()'` And it prints the date: > 2017-12-29 20:59:01.267586 So it's not a Python thing.. So I tried this: > > > \## My operating system is (include version): > Ubuntu Xenial > > \## I installed Ce…rtbot with (certbot-auto, OS package manager, pip, etc): > certbot-auto > > \## I ran this command and it produced this output: > ./certbot-auto renew > > \`\`\`Error: couldn't get currently installed version for /root/.local/share/letsencrypt/bin/letsencrypt: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/bin/letsencrypt", line 7, in \ > from certbot.main import main > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/certbot/main.py", line 13, in \ > from acme import jose > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/acme/jose/\_\_init\_\_.py", line 37, in \ > from acme.jose.interfaces import JSONDeSerializable > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/acme/jose/interfaces.py", line 9, in \ > from acme.jose import util > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/acme/jose/util.py", line 4, in \ > from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.py", line 14, in \ > from cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces import RSABackend > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/backends/\_\_init\_\_.py", line 7, in \ > import pkg\_resources > File "/root/.local/share/letsencrypt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg\_resources/\_\_init\_\_.py", line 36, in \ > import plistlib > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/plistlib.py", line 62, in \ > import datetime > ImportError: No module named datetime > \`\`\` I moved the let's encrypt folder to let'sencrypt.bak and ran AUTORENEW again and same error... My web server is (include version): Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS My hosting provider, if applicable, is: I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know): Yes * * * Any help greatly appreciated!!! Cheers ---
**Author:** ![mnordhoff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/mnordhoff/32/22583_2.png) [@mnordhoff](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mnordhoff)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219/2 "2017-12-30T02:34:19Z")
What happens if you rename or delete the `/opt/eff.org/certbot/` directory and run `./certbot-auto renew` again? It should make certbot-auto reinstall itself and could fix this. ---
**Author:** ![yuzool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/yuzool/32/18967_2.png) [@yuzool](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/yuzool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219/3 "2017-12-30T05:02:52Z")
Thanks @mnordhoff - appreciate that It ran and outputted this: > Reading package lists... Done > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > gcc is already the newest version (4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1). > libffi-dev is already the newest version (3.2.1-4). > python is already the newest version (2.7.11-1). > python-dev is already the newest version (2.7.11-1). > augeas-lenses is already the newest version (1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1). > ca-certificates is already the newest version (20170717~16.04.1). > libaugeas0 is already the newest version (1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1). > python-virtualenv is already the newest version (15.0.1+ds-3ubuntu1). > virtualenv is already the newest version (15.0.1+ds-3ubuntu1). > virtualenv set to manually installed. > libssl-dev is already the newest version (1.1.0g-2.1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1). > openssl is already the newest version (1.1.0g-2.1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1). > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: > dh-php libexporter-tiny-perl liblist-moreutils-perl libonig2 libpcre32-3 > libpcrecpp0 libqdbm14 libzip4 pkg-php-tools xml2 > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. > Creating virtual environment... > Installing Python packages... > Installation succeeded. > Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log > > * * * > > ## No renewals were attempted. * * * I tried a server restart and it fails. Nginx debugger shows: > BIO\_new\_file("/etc/letsencrypt/live/rwwriter.com/fullchain.pem") failed (SSL: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:fopen('/etc/letsencrypt/live/rwwriter.com/fullchain.pem','r') error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO\_new\_file:no such file) ---
**Author:** ![mnordhoff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/mnordhoff/32/22583_2.png) [@mnordhoff](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mnordhoff)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219/4 "2017-12-30T05:29:30Z")
What does “`./certbot-auto certificates`” show? ---
**Author:** ![yuzool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/yuzool/32/18967_2.png) [@yuzool](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/yuzool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219/5 "2017-12-30T05:29:59Z")
Just checking the folder has... It has only: > renewal-hooks * * * My .bak of that has: > accounts archive csr keys live renewal So `./certbot-auto certificates` shows: > * * * > > ## No certs found. ---
**Author:** ![yuzool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/yuzool/32/18967_2.png) [@yuzool](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/yuzool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219/6 "2017-12-30T06:06:22Z")
I moved the certs back into letsencrypt folder and re-ran the command and boom 🙂 Thanks @mnordhoff Now to sort out the CRON 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/no-module-named-datetime-error-when-autorenew-certbot/49219/7 "2018-01-29T06:06:28Z")
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