Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80

kapixisrm · February 21, 2020, 9:10pm

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My domain is:
micheleandkeith.com

I ran this command:
sudo certbot --apache

It produced this output:
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator apache, Installer apache
Enter email address (used for urgent renewal and security notices) (Enter ‘c’ to
cancel): kapix@me.com

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No names were found in your configuration files. Please enter in your domain
name(s) (comma and/or space separated) (Enter ‘c’ to cancel): micheleandkeith.com
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for micheleandkeith.com
Cleaning up challenges
Unable to find a virtual host listening on port 80 which is currently needed for Certbot to prove to the CA that you control your domain. Please add a virtual host for port 80.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Your account credentials have been saved in your Certbot
configuration directory at /etc/letsencrypt. You should make a
secure backup of this folder now. This configuration directory will
also contain certificates and private keys obtained by Certbot so
making regular backups of this folder is ideal.

My web server is (include version):
Apache (version unknown

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
macOS 10.13.6

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
Locally hosted

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):
certbot 1.2.0

schoen · February 21, 2020, 9:30pm

Hi @kapixisrm,

Do you have an existing Apache virtual host for your HTTP site on port 80? Which Apache configuration file is it located in?

kapixisrm · February 21, 2020, 9:34pm

Hi schoen,

I don’t know if there is an existing Apache virtual host for my HTTP site on port 80.

If there is, I didn’t put it there. What is an Apache virtual host?

schoen · February 21, 2020, 9:37pm

certbot --apache is meant to be used when you have an existing, working HTTP site with Apache. Then it will help you to create a working HTTPS site based on your existing HTTP site.

Virtual hosts are the way that sites are normally configured inside of Apache.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/index.html

If you don’t have any defined, maybe you are using a default Apache configuration for your site? Could you share your Apache configuration? It may be that certbot --apache doesn’t know how to deal with it because it isn’t set up according to the principles that Certbot expects Apache configurations to use.

kapixisrm · February 21, 2020, 9:42pm

I’m happy to share my Apache configuration. By that do you mean a dump of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf or the Apple version which I believe is different and elsewhere?

Btw, it’s Apache 2.4.33 in case that helps.

schoen · February 22, 2020, 12:54am

It’s possible that Certbot isn’t looking for it in the right place if the one that’s really being used by Apache isn’t in /etc. That’s where Certbot is expecting to find it.

github.com

certbot/certbot/blob/e048da1e389ede7a52bd518ab4ebf9a0b18bfafc/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/override_darwin.py#L15


from certbot import interfaces
from certbot.compat import os
from certbot_apache._internal import configurator




@zope.interface.provider(interfaces.IPluginFactory)
class DarwinConfigurator(configurator.ApacheConfigurator):
    """macOS specific ApacheConfigurator override class"""


    OS_DEFAULTS = dict(
        server_root="/etc/apache2",
        vhost_root="/etc/apache2/other",
        vhost_files="*.conf",
        logs_root="/var/log/apache2",
        ctl="apachectl",
        version_cmd=['apachectl', '-v'],
        restart_cmd=['apachectl', 'graceful'],
        conftest_cmd=['apachectl', 'configtest'],
        enmod=None,
        dismod=None,
        le_vhost_ext="-le-ssl.conf",

kapixisrm · February 22, 2020, 4:16am

I’m now re-installing the OS in order to have clean working environment. I’ve used this machine for so many ‘project’ over the years that it’s time to straighten it up.

Let’s close this topic and I’ll get back in touch if I need assistance.

Thanks for your time and help.

kapixisrm · February 23, 2020, 9:57pm

Hi schoen,

I’ve decided to re-install the OS and start fresh since the server was filled with a professional amount of cruft.

I expect that I’ll go in a different direction now.

Thank you for the time you spent on my case,

Keith

system · March 24, 2020, 9:57pm

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