Tried to create a cert got this

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My domain is:
compscipro.com
I ran this command:
sudo certbot --apache
It produced this output:

jorge@ChoppyOptiplex7040:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ sudo certbot --apache
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

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Requesting a certificate for compscipro.com
Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
Action 'graceful' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.

(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs

Unable to restart apache using ['apache2ctl', 'graceful']
Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
Action 'graceful' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.

(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs

Unable to restart apache using ['apache2ctl', 'graceful']
Encountered exception during recovery: certbot.errors.MisconfigurationError: Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
Action 'graceful' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.

(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs
Error while running apache2ctl graceful.
httpd not running, trying to start
Action 'graceful' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.

(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs

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My web server is (include version):
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
me
I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know):
yes
I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):
no
The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

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Welcome to the community @helljorge

The --apache plug-in requires Apache to be running. And, it could not because something was already using port 80 (for http).

When I do a request to your domain I see a lighttpd server responding with a "Getting Started" page. That is a different server than Apache.

Can you explain more how you want these two servers to work?

curl -I  http://compscipro.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 21:29:58 GMT
Server: lighttpd/1.4.63
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you were right, my pihole install was conflicting. Modified the port for it and
I got it to with:

"sudo certbot --authenticator webroot --installer apache -w /var/www/html/ -d compscipro.com"

Thanks.
-Jorge

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