I recently expanded storage on my DO droplet using this guide - Move Uploads and Backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage As a result, I broke my instance of Discourse so had to re-install using the guide found here - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-14-04 I did the steps needed to install Letsencrypt here - Set up HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt While having some issues getting an email to send, I had to edit the app.yml file and rebuild, it seems this has caused Letsencrypt to issue a new cert each time, should I have commented out the lines in app.yml after the first re-build or is there something else I’ve missed here? My site is now completely inaccessible on mobile, Non secure server and shows the register screen on laptop but won’t allow me to go any further than this page https://vapingcommunity.co.uk/finish-installation/register giving the error - This site can’t be reached My site is - https://vapingcommunity.co.uk Thanks in advance

It is working on http isn’t it ? :thinking: http://vapingcommunity.co.uk/finish-installation/register

Seems to be working when I force http or use the IP but then it quickly wants to go back to https and use the domain, the email is still not being sent. I guess what I need to know is, if I am going to be rebuilding while trying to fix the email issue, should I not have Letsencrypt in the app.yml?

Indeed you might run into a let’s encrypt quota / rate limit soon (if not already) [image]Connection Timeout/Security Issue Let’s Encrypt provides you with a free certificate, which is how your site would be accessible via HTTPS after installation. It’s possible that your re-installations have used up your 7 day issuance quota for skuvault.social . If that’s the case your only options would be: Run without HTTPS (bad, don’t do this) Wait a week Use a different domain for setup (this will create headaches down the line) Purchase a certificate (don’t do this)

Looks like I have to wait a week, will it be ok to go ahead and get a backup uploaded on the new install over http?

I think so, with the little caveat of the force_https parameter (that you will probably have to set to false in the rails console) ps. standard install, this is the way… :wink:

[image] Vaping_Community: Looks like I have to wait a week, A “cheat” is to Setting up Let’s Encrypt with Multiple Domains and add some other subdomain (like an extra www). [image] Vaping_Community: will it be ok to go ahead and get a backup uploaded on the new install over http? The uploader might not work on http.

Well, I finally got my email to work! :tada: Now the site is just borked… I guess I’ll just wait and try again each day until it works

Letsencrypt issued on every build?

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Benjamin_D (Benjamin Decotte) February 28, 2022, 6:50pm 2

It is working on http isn’t it ?
http://vapingcommunity.co.uk/finish-installation/register

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Letsencrypt issued on every build?

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