[SOLVED] how to symlink
by awaismalik from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5MS7H)
During the migration of webserver i copied the letsencrypt file to new web server. after running the command 'certbot renew --dry-run' i am getting following error.
# certbot renew --dry-run
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
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Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/website.com.conf
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 68, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 463, in __init__
self._check_symlinks()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 522, in _check_symlinks
"expected {0} to be a symlink".format(link))
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/website.com/cert.pem to be a symlink
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/website.com.conf is broken. Skipping.
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Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.website.fr.conf
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 68, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 463, in __init__
self._check_symlinks()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 522, in _check_symlinks
"expected {0} to be a symlink".format(link))
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.website.fr/cert.pem to be a symlink
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.website.fr.conf is broken. Skipping.
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** DRY RUN: simulating 'certbot renew' close to cert expiry
** (The test certificates below have not been saved.)
No renewals were attempted.
Additionally, the following renewal configurations were invalid:
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/website.com.conf (parsefail)
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.website.fr.conf (parsefail)
** DRY RUN: simulating 'certbot renew' close to cert expiry
** (The test certificates above have not been saved.)
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0 renew failure(s), 2 parse failure(s)
root@h2945112:~# certbot update_symlinks
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/website.com/cert.pem to be a symlink
I know that symlink can be done by 'ln -sf' but i do not know what should be in source file and symlink file ?
ln -s source_file symbolic_link
# certbot renew --dry-run
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
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Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/website.com.conf
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 68, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 463, in __init__
self._check_symlinks()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 522, in _check_symlinks
"expected {0} to be a symlink".format(link))
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/website.com/cert.pem to be a symlink
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/website.com.conf is broken. Skipping.
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Processing /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.website.fr.conf
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/renewal.py", line 68, in _reconstitute
renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(full_path, config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 463, in __init__
self._check_symlinks()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/storage.py", line 522, in _check_symlinks
"expected {0} to be a symlink".format(link))
certbot.errors.CertStorageError: expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.website.fr/cert.pem to be a symlink
Renewal configuration file /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.website.fr.conf is broken. Skipping.
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** DRY RUN: simulating 'certbot renew' close to cert expiry
** (The test certificates below have not been saved.)
No renewals were attempted.
Additionally, the following renewal configurations were invalid:
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/website.com.conf (parsefail)
/etc/letsencrypt/renewal/www.website.fr.conf (parsefail)
** DRY RUN: simulating 'certbot renew' close to cert expiry
** (The test certificates above have not been saved.)
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0 renew failure(s), 2 parse failure(s)
root@h2945112:~# certbot update_symlinks
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Expected /etc/letsencrypt/live/website.com/cert.pem to be a symlink
I know that symlink can be done by 'ln -sf' but i do not know what should be in source file and symlink file ?
ln -s source_file symbolic_link