Let's Encrypt can't update certs after MIAB .40 update

[bdmacl]

I performed the update to MIAB by creating a clean server and following ALL the documentation. Everything appeared to be working fine until my Let’s Encrypt certs needed to be updated. It fails, and the error message is:
Log:
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log Plugins selected: Authenticator webroot, Installer None Missing command line flag or config entry for this setting: Please choose an account Choices: [‘localhost@2018-07-31T16:06:51Z (6e8f)’, ‘mydomain.com@2019-01-28T20:34:24Z (aedd)’]

I checked, and the only subfolders in /etc/letsencrypt is a renewal-hooks subfolder. No accounts or anything other than the cli.ini.

[murgero]

Look in /home/user-data/SSL

[bdmacl]

Thanks. Now I know where they are, but the original problem exists, meaning they still don’t update. Suggestions?

[murgero]

Backup the folder, delete all the contents and re-run the setup, maybe that will help.

[blinkingline]

I had this same issue, basically you’ve got the install trying to create two accounts.

Here’s the link to my fix:

Multiple Let's Encrypt accounts preventing certificate from renewing

Two seconds more of digging, was all it took. In case anyone else has the same issue after upgrade, you’ll need to remove the inactive account from /home/user-data/ssl/lets_encrypt/accounts/acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory In my case, I had two directories there, 17fbXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and 58a9XXXXXXXXXXXXXX. I deleted the older one and then re-ran “Provision Certificate” from the TLS (SSL) Certificates page.

So in your case, you would need to delete the old (6e8fxxxxxxxxxx) directory.

Hope that helps!

[murgero]

@blinkingline

I had this same issue, basically you’ve got the install trying to create two accounts.

Here’s the link to my fix:

Nice! Good work! This should be helpful for everyone

[bdmacl]

That did the trick. I suspected as much, but didn’t know the exact location to go looking. Thank you very much.