Question How to activate auto renewal for LetsEncrypt certificates ?

[Frank1000]

Hi,
i didn't see a switch for auto-reneval for LetsEncrypt Plesk plugin. I keep getting info from LetsEncrypt to renew my certificates.

What do i do ?

Regards,
Frank

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Frank1000,

"auto-renew" for Let's Encrypt certificates works "out of the box", because the Plesk Let's Encrypt Extension places a daily task, which replaces any further necessary configurations.

But since version "2.1" you have now additional options, to configure some settings over the "panel.ini". Pls. see the official Plesk documentation link:

=> Managing Let's Encrypt Settings​

Pls. don't forget to use at least

log-requests = true

... so that you are able to investigate the Plesk "panel.log" with the additional informations in your log - file.

 

[Frank1000]

Hi & thx for reply,
not sure what the reason could be that the certificates are not being renewed.
In a post at the LetsEncrypt forum i received the following reply :

"
Thanks for the details. I agree that that certificate is expired and also that it's never been renewed:

crt.sh | %uptoconcept.com

You could tell people on the Plesk forum that no renewal certificate has ever been issued, based on the above link. (Sometimes there are software bugs where a certificate gets successfully renewed but then not reinstalled, but we can confirm that that's not the case here.)
"

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Frank1000,

not sure what the reason could be that the certificates are not being renewed.

Sorry, we can't guess it as well... that's why I suggested:

Pls. don't forget to use at least

log-requests = true

... so that you are able to investigate the Plesk "panel.log" with the additional informations in your log - file.

... because you are able to investigate possible issues/errors/problems in your "panel.log", without guessing.



Additional informations:

=> Plesk for Linux services logs and configuration files ( KB - article: 213403509 )​

Sometimes, it is as well a good idea to change the log - level ( TEMPORARILY! ), to get more informations in Plesk - log - files:

=> How to enable/disable debug logging in Plesk 11.5 and up? ( KB - article: 213408889 )​

 

[Frank1000]

ok thx, i have opened the logfile and searched for "encrypt".
It has bunch of error messages listed like on this screenshot :

Does it make sense to post the panel.log file here ?

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Frank1000,

Does it make sense to post the panel.log file here ?

It certainly does make sense, because people willing to help you might want to QUOTE errors/issues/problems from your log(s), in order to suggest possible work-arounds / solutions.


At the moment, I could investigate permission issues in your shortened logs, which might be solved with de- and re-installing the Plesk Let's Encrypt Extension, or with the help of the "Plesk Repair Utility" ( => Plesk Repair Utility )

 

[Frank1000]

ok sure, this is the file link

 

[Frank1000]

have removed and re-installed LetsEncrypt now, but same issue yet

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Frank1000,

your issues/errors/problems appear since a veeeery long time ( your log states the most serious issue/error/problem at 11.01.2017 ):

[2017-01-10 19:11:07] ERR [1] Unable to connect to database: mysql_connect(): No such file or directory /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock (Error code: 2002). Please check that database server is started and accessible.
[2017-01-11 20:04:42] ERR [util_exec] proc_close() failed ['/opt/psa/admin/bin/vhostmng-structure'] with exit code [1]
[2017-01-11 20:04:42] ERR [1] '/opt/psa/admin/bin/vhostmng-structure' failed with code 1.

... where it is unclear, what you did wrong with your Plesk Control Panel, but your root cause are misconfigured permissions and vhosts - structures and due to MySQL - database server issues, I assume that an update/upgrade went wrong or didn't finish.

If the solution from => "New files of configuration for Apache web server were not built due to errors in configuration templates: mkdir: cannot create directory" , in combination with the already mentioned "Plesk Repair Utility" and it's options doesn't solve your issue, I recommend backing up your domain contents and re - install your Plesk server.

 

[Frank1000]

ok will re-install Plesk and check the panel.log again
thanks a lot for checking into it.

 

[Frank1000]

i went to usr/local/psa/admin/sbin and ./autoinstaller, but it seems it was just installed over the existing installation without removing the prior plesk install. How do i now make sure all is working correct ?

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Frank1000,

your last post is not relevant for the initial thread and it's starting post. If you desire help for another issue/error/problem ( after you re-installed your server ), pls. consider to open another thread with another detailed issue/error/problem - description and as always, with your unique server specific informations.

 

[Frank1000]

im here in plesk onyx forum, where is the button to start a new topic ? I cant find it. Im logged in.

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Frank1000,

actually you are not inside a forum, when you are at => https://talk.plesk.com/tags/plesk-onyx/ , you just opened the TAGS pages, which are tagged with "plesk onyx" at previous threads.

Pls. go to => Home > Forum > Plesk Discussion > Plesk Onyx for Linux , if you desire to open a new thread in the subforum "Plesk Onyx for Linux".