# Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate Not Renewing
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-not-renewing/332124
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** letsencrypt
**Created:** [October 22, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-not-renewing/332124 "2024-10-22T10:45:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-not-renewing/332124/1 "2024-10-22T10:45:19Z")
Hello everyone,
I have an issue with my Discourse instance related to SSL certificates.
### The problem:
- My SSL certificate has been expired for **5 days**.
- I’ve tried to fix it by updating the instance with:
```bash
./launcher rebuild web_only
```
- After that, I ran the following command to upgrade the acme script:
```bash
cd /root/acme.sh && LE_WORKING_DIR="${LETSENCRYPT_DIR}" ./acme.sh --upgrade --auto-upgrade
```
The site works after the update, but the SSL certificate is still showing as **expired**.
Here is the output of `./discourse-doctor` if it can help:
```plaintext
DISCOURSE DOCTOR Tue 22 Oct 2024 10:53:24 AM UTC
OS: Linux forum 5.4.0-198-generic #218-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 27 20:18:53 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
YML=web_only.yml
Found containers/web_only.yml
==================== YML SETTINGS ====================
DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME=forum.pragmaticentrepreneurs.com
SMTP_ADDRESS=smtp.eu.mailgun.org
DEVELOPER_EMAILS=REDACTED
SMTP_PASSWORD=REDACTED
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_USER_NAME=REDACTED
LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=REDACTED
==================== DOCKER INFO ====================
DOCKER VERSION: Docker version 27.3.1, build ce12230
DOCKER PROCESSES (docker ps -a)
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
bda3099d5cca local_discourse/web_only "/sbin/boot" 25 minutes ago Up 25 minutes 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, :::80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, :::443->443/tcp web_only
0b49a4b64386 local_discourse/data "/sbin/boot" 14 months ago Up 48 minutes data
Discourse container web_only is running
==================== PLUGINS ====================
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-akismet.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-data-explorer.git
- git clone https://github.com/camilleroux/discourse-affiliate.git
- git clone https://github.com/somoza/discourse-xorigin.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat-integration.git
WARNING:
You have what appear to be non-official plugins.
If you are having trouble, you should disable them and try rebuilding again.
See https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/lib/plugin/metadata.rb for the official list.
========================================
Discourse version at forum.pragmaticentrepreneurs.com: NOT FOUND
Discourse version at localhost: NOT FOUND
==================== MEMORY INFORMATION ====================
OS: Linux
RAM (MB): 2067
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 1971 1406 69 175 495 225
Swap: 2047 241 1806
==================== DISK SPACE CHECK ====================
---------- OS Disk Space ----------
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1 49G 40G 9.1G 82% /
==================== DISK INFORMATION ====================
Disk /dev/loop0: 55.68 MiB, 58363904 bytes, 113992 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 63.10 MiB, 67080192 bytes, 131016 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop2: 63.71 MiB, 66789376 bytes, 130448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop3: 55.37 MiB, 58052608 bytes, 113384 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop4: 44.14 MiB, 46280704 bytes, 90392 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop5: 38.85 MiB, 40714240 bytes, 79520 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop6: 91.9 MiB, 96346112 bytes, 188176 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop7: 91.85 MiB, 96292864 bytes, 188072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/vda: 50 GiB, 53687091200 bytes, 104857600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 603625F3-7AE2-40CB-B05E-0BD7EA2D57E4
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/vda1 227328 104857566 104630239 49.9G Linux filesystem
/dev/vda14 2048 10239 8192 4M BIOS boot
/dev/vda15 10240 227327 217088 106M Microsoft basic data
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
==================== END DISK INFORMATION ====================
==================== MAIL TEST ====================
For a robust test, get an address from http://www.mail-tester.com/
Mail test skipped.
==================== DONE! ====================
You can examine the output of this script with
LESS=-Ri less /tmp/discourse-debug.txt
BUT FIRST, make sure that you know the first three commands below!!!
```
### Question:
How can I correct this and renew the SSL certificate properly?
Thank you for your help!
---
### Author:  [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-not-renewing/332124/2 "2024-10-23T13:45:58Z")
Problem solved reading this
> [@Set up HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-https-support-with-lets-encrypt/40709):
>
> 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…
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-not-renewing/332124/3 "2024-11-22T13:46:30Z")
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