For certbot to work you need to be able to answer a challenge in one of the acceptable ways, by default that would be the HTTP method which would require that your server is configured correctly to begin with, kind of a chicken and egg situation.
Looking back at the original config you sent - your server though not setup for https (yet) is redirecting all traffic to https (as it should once setup for https). HTH, Eli Op zo 15 dec 2024 om 04:32 schreef Kevin Watkins <tesla1...@gmail.com>: > No, I have not set up HTTPS as of yet. I was in the process when it too > was failing. When trying to get the certificate with Certbot I get the > following error > "The Certificate Authority failed to download the temporary challenge > files created by Certbot. Ensure that the listed domains serve their > content from the provided --webroot-path/-w and that files created there > can be downloaded from the internet. > > I provided the error presented by Firefox, even though when this issue > first arrived I was using Google Chrome and MS Edge. Chrome gives the error > "unexpectedly closed the connection" and Edge gives the error message "closed > the connection". Googling gives me suggestions like checking internet > connection. Being as how I can't connect to a server on my own network it > is not an Internet connection. I use all three browsers depending on what I > am doing and sometimes forget which one I am using. I know no one > else's fault but my own, I am not trying to make excuses, just trying to > explain. > > As far as using a non-LTS I am still learning Linux, in fact will be > taking a class for Linux+ in a couple months. Everything I had know prior > was that any Ubuntu version ending in .04 was an upgradable version. I > never imagined that there would be a version that wasn't. > > I know others do so but I am not the type of person that comes across a > problem and immediately looks to others for help -- even though it may seem > like that. My whole purpose in doing things like hosting my own websites is > to learn. I know that I am not going to learn a whole lot off the backs of > others. I may not search for the right things but I do research issues like > this before looking to others for help. > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 5:13 PM E.S. Rosenberg <es.rosenb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR - "The PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR error message *appears >> when the Mozilla Firefox browser can't establish a secure connection*. >> It is a Firefox-specific error and won't appear in any other browser." >> https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/pr_end_of_file_error / First result >> Google search for the error. >> >> The config you shared only mentions HTTP and not HTTPS but modern >> browsers will always try and prefer HTTPS over HTTP unless explicitly >> forced to use HTTP, if you are listening on 443 but don't have proper certs >> setup that would for instance be an issue. >> >> I think the frustration of the first people replying to you comes from >> you showing such a large amount of signs of not having done your homework >> properly ahead of time, whether it is using a non LTS distribution and not >> keeping it up to date or all the "hand waving"/vague descriptions of what >> was done and total lack of the error message. >> Self hosting is great, I do it too and going to mailing lists/IRC etc is >> also and I believe most communities strive to be welcoming, but there is >> also always a base assumption that before you seek help on the mailing list >> you did your homework and that the actual help request is also detailed and >> well formulated so that others can actually help you. >> >> HTH, >> Eli >> >> Op za 14 dec 2024 om 23:54 schreef Kevin Watkins <tesla1...@gmail.com>: >> >>> @Marc - A service provider for a self hosted website? >>> >>> @Frank Gingras - when I try to open my website via URL (IE >>> www.deletedforsec.us or deletedforsec.us <http://www.deletedforsec.us>) >>> my site does not load instead I get the following error PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR >>> Error code: PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR. I get the same error whether locally >>> orremotely >>> >>> @Antony Stone -- Thank you >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 5:16 AM Marc <m...@f1-outsourcing.eu> wrote: >>> >>>> You should have a service provider for such stuff. This starts to look >>>> like when your kid is ill and then asking in the local pet shop for advise. >>>> >>>> > >>>> > I had two working websites until I realized over the weekend that my >>>> > server was running Ubuntu 23.04 which had no apparent easy upgrade to >>>> > 24.04. So I backed up my web files and site config files and did a >>>> clean >>>> > install of Ubuntu. I have been trying to get my sites back up since >>>> > (Sunday 8th of December).I am currently working on getting one of them >>>> > up, once it is up I’ll work on the other one. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > I am able to load my site locally via local IP address or remotely via >>>> > public IP. However, I am unable to load the site via URL, locally or >>>> > remotely >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>
