Old Ubuntu 14.04 - How to continue to use Let's Encrypt?

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My domain is: irrilevant

I ran this command: certbot --no-self-upgrade --no-bootstrap

It produced this output:

# certbot --no-self-upgrade --no-bootstrap
Skipping bootstrap because certbot-auto is deprecated on this system.
Your system is not supported by certbot-auto anymore.
Certbot cannot be installed.
Please visit https://certbot.eff.org/ to check for other alternatives.

My web server is (include version):

# apachectl -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Server built:   Apr  3 2019 18:04:25

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu 14.04

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: it's a VPS on Linode

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):

I am unable to find versions

# certbot --version
Skipping bootstrap because certbot-auto is deprecated on this system.
WARNING: unable to check for updates.
Your system is not supported by certbot-auto anymore.
Certbot cannot be installed.
Please visit https://certbot.eff.org/ to check for other alternatives.

# certbot-auto --version --no-self-upgrade --no-bootstrap
Creating virtual environment...
Installing Python packages...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/tmp.4sf03CNUvt/pipstrap.py", line 177, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/tmp.4sf03CNUvt/pipstrap.py", line 158, in main
    for path, digest in PACKAGES]
  File "/tmp/tmp.4sf03CNUvt/pipstrap.py", line 117, in hashed_download
    response = opener(using_https=parsed_url.scheme == 'https').open(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: SNI is required

Is there a way to still use LE on a ubuntu 14.04. ?

I can remove certbot and/or certbot.auto if you give me instructions and reinstall it without problems.

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There are not any versions of Certbot that will work on Ubuntu 14.04, sorry. That version of Ubuntu has been end-of-life for over 2 years now and you need will to upgrade to a version of your operating system that is still maintained by Canonical.

If you are looking for a way to get a certificate, consider some of the other client options that are available. acme.sh might be a good choice to try.

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Thanks. acme.sh is working !

I am happy when support to so-old server is interrupted. I hope it force soon or later my chief to upgrade / change / move something

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