# Discourse has stopped opening

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-has-stopped-opening/47710
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 24, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-has-stopped-opening/47710 "2016-07-24T11:38:31Z")
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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-has-stopped-opening/47710/15 "2016-07-27T05:01:54Z")

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Try following

> [@Set up HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-lets-encrypt/40709):
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> bookmark This is a guide for enabling HTTPS on an existing Discourse installation using Let’s Encrypt. It assumes prior installation without HTTPS enabled. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator exclamation This guide is only for existing installs where HTTPS is not enabled. Following the [official setup guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) automatically enables HTTPS by default. So you’d like to add https to your Discourse absolutely free, courtesy of our friends at [Let’s Encrypt?](https://letsencrypt.org/)bell I…

to install a Let’s Encrypt cert instead

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