# Renew after expire **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [September 3, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/renew-after-expire/225112 "2024-09-03T19:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kazimierzkrauze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kazimierzkrauze](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/kazimierzkrauze)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/renew-after-expire/225112/1 "2024-09-03T19:14:07Z")
My domain is: [jeansibelius.net](http://jeansibelius.net) ([nextcloud.jeansibelius.net](http://nextcloud.jeansibelius.net) for my website) I ran this command: sudo certbot renew It produced this output: aving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log * * * Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/nextcloud.jeansibelius.net.conf * * * Renewing an existing certificate for [nextcloud.jeansibelius.net](http://nextcloud.jeansibelius.net) Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: apache). The Certificate Authority reported these problems: Domain: [nextcloud.jeansibelius.net](http://nextcloud.jeansibelius.net) Type: connection Detail: 109.232.28.134: Fetching [http://nextcloud.jeansibelius.net/.well-known/acme-challenge/graXJO8B7y0OSLlWTlFVnFysITdKLq8ng44Ce45m5Vw:](http://nextcloud.jeansibelius.net/.well-known/acme-challenge/graXJO8B7y0OSLlWTlFVnFysITdKLq8ng44Ce45m5Vw:) Connection refused Hint: The Certificate Authority failed to verify the temporary Apache configuration changes made by Certbot. Ensure that the listed domains point to this Apache server and that it is accessible from the internet. Failed to renew certificate [nextcloud.jeansibelius.net](http://nextcloud.jeansibelius.net) with error: Some challenges have failed. * * * All renewals failed. The following certificates could not be renewed: /etc/letsencrypt/live/nextcloud.jeansibelius.net/fullchain.pem (failure) * * * 1 renew failure(s), 0 parse failure(s) Ask for help or search for solutions at [https://community.letsencrypt.org](https://community.letsencrypt.org). See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details. My web server is (include version): Apache 2.4.62 The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Debian 12 My hosting provider, if applicable, is: Cloudflare I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know): yes The version of my client is (e.g. output of `certbot --version` or `certbot-auto --version` if you're using Certbot): 2.11.0 ---
**Author:** ![linkp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/linkp/32/60089_2.png) [@linkp](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/linkp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/renew-after-expire/225112/2 "2024-09-03T19:18:08Z")
You need to keep port 80 open. > **[Test result for nextcloud.jeansibelius.net: Error](https://letsdebug.net/nextcloud.jeansibelius.net/2213933)** > > 2 unique issue(s) detected (ANotWorking, IssueFromLetsEncrypt) > **[Best Practice - Keep Port 80 Open - Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/allow-port-80/)** > > We occasionally get reports from people who have trouble using the HTTP-01 challenge type because they’ve firewalled off port 80 to their web server. Our recommendation is that all servers meant for general web use should offer both HTTP on... ---
**Author:** ![kazimierzkrauze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kazimierzkrauze](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/kazimierzkrauze)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/renew-after-expire/225112/3 "2024-09-11T20:20:19Z")
Thank you, that helped. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/renew-after-expire/225112/4 "2024-10-11T20:20:58Z")
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