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I am attempting to run letsencrypt on a windows server running tomcat. Im using the self-host verification file method but Im not sure how im supposed to go about putting a verification file on the webserver. Am I supposed to manually create the folders/files. If so I cant figure out where. And the file name is different everytime I run the script. Sorry, very new to this
The challenge file needs to reside in whatever directory files will be served from if requested by http://oneidacsd.org/.well-known/acme-challenge
The challenge file name and contents will be different every time, but let’s say the name was abcdefg, then in order for the authorization to be successful, that file would need to be returned when Let’s Encrypt tries to load http://oneidacsd.org/.well-known/acme-challenge/abcdefg
I don’t know enough about Tomcat to tell you where this directory would be on the filesystem, but it will be beneath whatever directory you place the rest of your website files in.
I understand that concept but I dont get how I could get that file there. The only time I know what the file name is is when letsencrypt is running and it only has a couple seconds before it times out because the file isnt there.
