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My domain is: c0da.waynesworld.com

I ran this command: sudo certbot --apache --agree-tos --redirect -d c0da.waynesworld.com -m waynesummersetthesecond@gmail.com

It produced this output: Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Requesting a certificate for c0da.waynesworld.com

Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: apache). The Certificate Authority reported these problems:
Domain: c0da.waynesworld.com
Type: unauthorized
Detail: 50.28.11.71: Invalid response from http://c0da.waynesworld.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/3p0t1hBaBsPVTSfZx6OjqrxBC2EPTgyOZYAHbrmX5bM: 404

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.

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My web server is (include version):

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu 24.04.1

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 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): apache2

help plz

A "404" error using the --apache plugin is usually caused by something wrong in the Apache config (like duplicated VirtualHost definitions).

Would you show output of this

sudo apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS

I am a little puzzled by your answer. Are you running this Certbot command from the server that Apache runs on?

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Yes, I'm running the program on a server that apache runs on, confirmed by checking the IP address.

This is the output i got from sudo apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS
AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
VirtualHost configuration:
*:80 c0da.waynesworld.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/website.conf:1)

I saw this output earlier as well when I ran: sudo apachectl configtest

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Hmmm. Would you show contents of that file please

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I'm not 100% certain that "sudo apachectl configtest" would show all the vhosts.

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Using the "cat" command to open the contents of the file gave me a "No such directory exists" output. I also used the cat command to view a system log to see if it worked and it showed the contents. (New hands-on learner here)

That c0da.waynesworld.com hostname currently serves a cPanel error page over HTTP on port 80. Is that the expected response?

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That means I have to change the name?

Would that also explain the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/website.conf file contents not displaying?

I can't know the answer to any of those questions. These are things that you should to know already.

Are you the registrant of the waynesworld.com domain?

Is your server on Liquid Web?

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"(New hands-on learner)" earlier in the comments, and yes it's liquid web (Apache) I'm following a tutorial on making a web server, but i made the domain name, which I'm attempting to register using the tutorial and my Virtual Machine.

No. Maybe you need to try?

sudo cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/website.conf

It doesn't make sense that Apache can see and show that file name but you can't access it. Unless permissions are getting in the way or a typo.

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Ok, this was my output:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin waynesummersetthesecond@gmail.com
    ServerName c0da.waynesworld.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/website
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    <Directory /var/www/html/website>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

As @linkp already asked about what part does cPanel play in your setup?

Also, a "404 Not Found" error message from your server includes below. Do you know who "colton" in the mailto: address is? I redacted the domain name. From the rest of the error message it looks like this person is the admin for the cPanel system involved.

<section class="contact-info">
 Please forward this error screen to c0da.waynesworld.com's 
 <a href="mailto:colton@(redacted)?subject=Error message [404] (none) 
for c0da.waynesworld.com/Test404.html port 80"> WebMaster</a>.
</section>
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The cPanel Apache was installed and ran throughout the process of trying to set up this web server. would the 404 message be because I ran this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
    ServerName app.example.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/website
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    <Directory /var/www/html/website>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

more than once?

That isn't the same VirtualHost you showed earlier.

But, no, the "404" is not an error for "too many" tries. It looks to me like some kind of cPanel misconfiguration but I am not a cPanel expert. Perhaps discuss this with "colton" or a cPanel forum.

Maybe someone else here will have some ideas

You should try setting up your site so that it works properly with HTTP requests. Once that is working then try to get a cert.

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I'll look into it, thanks for the assistance

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Do you own the domain?

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