I have an apache install that has been up and running for months. I use
LetEncrypt for certificates. I went to renew all of my certificates
using an automated script that worked fine 3 months ago on the last
refresh. It failed on every domain saying the challenge file was not
found. I put a test.html file in /.well-known/acme-challenge folder,
and tried to access it with a browser, and it gave me a 404. After
moving the test.html file around into other folders, it was found
correctly in every folder except acme-challenge. I even renamed
acme-challenge to acme-challenge1 and acme1challenge, and test.html was
found in folders by those names. Renamed it back to acme-challenge and
I'm again getting 404. I have about 15 virtual hosts defined. Exact
same situation in every virtual host The folder specifically named
"acme-challenge" is somehow now being blocked or hidden by apache.
I'm using WAMP 3.1.3 (Apache 2.4.33). The only .htaccess file in the
entire wamp tree is in the php folder, and I'm not using php. I'd say I
haven't made any changes that would cause this problem since the last
time I refreshed certificates. But I guess I did 'something'. But I'm
clueless.
One thing I did notice.... In the browser, if I look for a non-existent
file in any other folder, I get one 404 line saying the requested file
was not found on the server. Fine. But when I look for that same
non-existent file in the /.well-known/acme-challenge folder, I get that
same line. But I also get another line I haven't seen before that says:
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use
an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
So not only can't find the file, it can't find a file to tell me it
can't find the file... (???). But this line ONLY appears when trying to
get a file from that one specific directory named 'acme-challenge'.
Help.... certs have expired....
Thanks.
Jerry
