Renewing a certificate prior to its expiration

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My domain is: peekintothepast.com

I ran this command:

It produced this output:

My web server is (include version):

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

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know):

I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

I receive notice that my certificate will expire 11/18th. This will be the first renewal, and I don't know how to do that. Please advise.
Jim Rothgeb

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how you got the first certificate?

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Thank you for your time.
I have tried to trace my steps but can't say just how I first obtained the certificate. Is there another way to approach the problem?

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well lets start where you pay for host that website. and preferably what plan. then we can select what kind of acme client will work.

Edit: I dug into your website and found it's hosted by plesk.
Let's Encrypt extension - Plesk this extension may be able to automate it for you?

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The extension is installed.
As for the renewal itself, what would I need to do? I don't see an option for that.
Again, I appreciate your help.

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it should have reissue certificate option on that extension menu?

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I've found a "renew" button. After I executed that, it responded that the certificate has been renewed. The screen which has the button looked different from the screen shot provided; but it seems to have done the job.
Do I need to upload the certificate again or do something more?

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do you have screenshot of that page?
hmm I just noticed your site doesn't actually using LE certificate, but crt.sh | 4604888401
(this is precerificate of that) which doesn't expire until 2022 may 6

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@jimrothgeb Adding on to what @orangepizza says, you have issued Lets Encrypt certs before but your most recent LE certs only have the name peekintothepast.com and do not include the www. version.
See: crt.sh | peekintothepast.com

But, agree your server is sending out the cert from Starfield Tech which includes both the apex (bare) domain and the www name.

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To add to this, the cert being served now was issued last May ('21) and won't expire until next May ('22).

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I thought that it hadn't expired yet; but having received a notice that it was going to expire in 10days alarmed me.

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Thanks to all for your prompt attention!

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