# Python Requests Library Not Completing HTTPs Connections **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 9, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/python-requests-library-not-completing-https-connections/29521 "2017-03-09T16:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scholtz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/scholtz/32/10632_2.png) [@scholtz](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/scholtz)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/python-requests-library-not-completing-https-connections/29521/1 "2017-03-09T16:51:03Z")
Because the [topic](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/sslerror-x509-pem-lib--ssl-c-2831/25895) was closed and it is not possible to reply to it, and the problem still persist, i open it as new topic. ``` root@server07:~/ssl# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial ``` `letsencrypt certonly -a webroot --webroot-path /mypath -d mydomain` returns ``` https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory JWKRSA(key=)>) An unexpected error occurred: SSLError: [X509] PEM lib (_ssl.c:2831) Please see the logfiles in /var/log/letsencrypt for more details. ``` Any help how not to use option to skip ssl verification is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![ahaw021](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/ahaw021/32/14882_2.png) [@ahaw021](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ahaw021)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/python-requests-library-not-completing-https-connections/29521/2 "2017-03-12T10:12:56Z")
can you please post the contents of the log file? should help with whats causing the issues ---
**Author:** ![scholtz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/scholtz/32/10632_2.png) [@scholtz](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/scholtz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/python-requests-library-not-completing-https-connections/29521/3 "2017-03-27T19:46:28Z")
``` 2017-03-27 19:43:45,557:DEBUG:letsencrypt.cli:Root logging level set at 30 2017-03-27 19:43:45,558:INFO:letsencrypt.cli:Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log 2017-03-27 19:43:45,559:DEBUG:letsencrypt.cli:letsencrypt version: 0.4.1 2017-03-27 19:43:45,559:DEBUG:letsencrypt.cli:Arguments: ['-a', 'webroot', '--webroot-path', '/myprojectdir/htdocs', '-d', 'www.mydomain.com', '-d', 'sk.mydomain.com', '-d', 'mydomain.com'] 2017-03-27 19:43:45,559:DEBUG:letsencrypt.cli:Discovered plugins: PluginsRegistry(PluginEntryPoint#webroot,PluginEntryPoint#null,PluginEntryPoint#manual,PluginEntryPoint#standalone) 2017-03-27 19:43:45,563:DEBUG:letsencrypt.cli:Requested authenticator webroot and installer None 2017-03-27 19:43:45,564:DEBUG:letsencrypt.plugins.webroot:Creating root challenges validation dir at /myprojectdir/htdocs/.well-known/acme-challenge 2017-03-27 19:43:45,564:DEBUG:letsencrypt.plugins.webroot:Creating root challenges validation dir at /myprojectdir/htdocs/.well-known/acme-challenge 2017-03-27 19:43:45,564:DEBUG:letsencrypt.plugins.webroot:Creating root challenges validation dir at /myprojectdir/htdocs/.well-known/acme-challenge 2017-03-27 19:43:45,564:DEBUG:letsencrypt.display.ops:Single candidate plugin: * webroot Description: Webroot Authenticator Interfaces: IAuthenticator, IPlugin Entry point: webroot = letsencrypt.plugins.webroot:Authenticator Initialized: Prep: True 2017-03-27 19:43:45,565:DEBUG:letsencrypt.cli:Selected authenticator and installer None 2017-03-27 19:44:04,330:DEBUG:root:Sending GET request to https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory. args: (), kwargs: {} 2017-03-27 19:44:04,399:INFO:requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org 2017-03-27 19:44:04,632:DEBUG:letsencrypt.cli:Exiting abnormally: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/letsencrypt", line 9, in load_entry_point('letsencrypt==0.4.1', 'console_scripts', 'letsencrypt')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/letsencrypt/cli.py", line 1986, in main return config.func(config, plugins) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/letsencrypt/cli.py", line 689, in obtain_cert le_client = _init_le_client(config, authenticator, installer) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/letsencrypt/cli.py", line 206, in _init_le_client acc, acme = _determine_account(config) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/letsencrypt/cli.py", line 191, in _determine_account config, account_storage, tos_cb=_tos_cb) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/letsencrypt/client.py", line 121, in register acme = acme_from_config_key(config, key) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/letsencrypt/client.py", line 46, in acme_from_config_key return acme_client.Client(config.server, key=key, net=net) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acme/client.py", line 63, in __init__ self.net.get(directory).json()) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acme/client.py", line 627, in get self._send_request('GET', url, **kwargs), content_type=content_type) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acme/client.py", line 609, in _send_request response = requests.request(method, url, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/api.py", line 53, in request return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 468, in request resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 576, in send r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 447, in send raise SSLError(e, request=request) SSLError: [X509] PEM lib (_ssl.c:2831) ``` ---
**Author:** ![ahaw021](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/ahaw021/32/14882_2.png) [@ahaw021](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ahaw021)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/python-requests-library-not-completing-https-connections/29521/4 "2017-03-29T11:48:00Z")
Hi @scholtz I have had a look at your last post and you seemed to have made a small mistake in your testing certbot uses urllib3 and you tested with urllib2. > 2017-03-27 19:44:04,399:INFO:requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new how i would fix this A) create a virtual environment (are you running python 2.7 or 3.x or both?) B) run pip-install certbot in your virtual environment C) run certbot command see if issue persists My suspicion is pything library corruption is the culrpit and testing in a virtual environment will not affect your OS python configs Andrei ---
**Author:** ![ahaw021](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/ahaw021/32/14882_2.png) [@ahaw021](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ahaw021)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/python-requests-library-not-completing-https-connections/29521/5 "2017-03-29T11:55:36Z")
Hi @scholtz A bit more information: I use Windows but the concept is the same. **Note certbot is now on version 12 or 13 I just haven’t updated that virtual environment.** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/2X/6/642c8b03ce8b6140fc3395c8d3677bec2b9aef81.png) ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/2X/1/1e266188426a2af3079518e3f4e83fc7fa66bb02.png) Andrei ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/python-requests-library-not-completing-https-connections/29521/6 "2017-04-28T11:55:36Z")
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