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
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>

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