# Re-installing and Let's Encrypt

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-installing-and-lets-encrypt/300358>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-installing-and-lets-encrypt/300358 "2024-03-21T13:48:33Z")\
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> [@JPD](#):
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> In my case after probably the 4th discourse-setup within the same existing installation the server finally started to “time-out” (for a few days).

Did it work and got a certificate and you didn’t change the hostname after that?

> [@JPD](#):
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> commenting them out means the existing cert will be left/reused or there will be no cert at all.

You get no cert if you comment them out.

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