SSL Certificate not updating

[cluelessnyc]

So I’m running MiAB on Ubuntu 14.04 without a problem for 4 years. Then all of a sudden on Friday Sept 11 the SSL certificated expired and won’t update. I run MiAB install again on that box and get the following error. Any guidance on fixing this? BTW - on a parallel server, I installed Ubuntu 18.XX with MiAB 4.0. Getting same SSL issues.

14:15:59.790639 * SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:–:-- --:–:-- --:–:-- 0*
  14:15:59.790794 * Closing connection 0
  curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
  More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html

curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a “bundle”

• of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default*
• bundle file isn’t adequate, you can specify an alternate file*
• using the --cacert option.*
  If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
• the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a*
• problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might*
• not match the domain name in the URL).*

[alento]

I think that the real question here needs to be why the SSL certificate did not update. For that you will need to review the Let’s Encrypt logs.

I’m not going to say anything about using a version of MiaB that is now over a year and a half End of Life. That honestly, is not the biggest concern here - but definitely needs to be addressed.

[box]

I have had same problem, so decided to upgrade 2day …

[box]

So I have tried to upgrade from v0.28 to v0.48 and that did not work as expected …
Here is what has worked for me:

1. upgrade to latest version running on 14.04 which is 0.30
   mv ./mailinabox ./mailinabox.v28
   git clone -b v0.30 https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox.git
   cd mailinabox
   git checkout
   setup/start.sh

2. BackUp everything

3. Get the 18.04 running

4. Install v0.40
   sudo git clone -b v0.40 https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox.git
   cd mailinabox
   sudo git checkout
   sudo setup/start.sh

5. Restore your BackUp of MIAB (I have back up to NAS)
   cd /mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20200914T145140Z-v0.30
   export PASSPHRASE=$(cat secret_key.txt)
   sudo -E duplicity restore --force file:///mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20200914T145140Z-v0.30/backup/encrypted /home/user-data/

6. Run the script
   ~/mailinabox/setup/start.sh

7. Remove/Backup old certs
   cd /home/user-data/
   sudo tar cpf old-ssl.tar ssl
   sudo rm -r ./ssl/*

8. Generate new ones (possibly before they expire, or will it make a difference??)
   ~/mailinabox/management/ssl_certificates.py

[alento]

@box

So I have tried to upgrade from v0.28 to v0.48 and that did not work as expected …
Here is what has worked for me:

Nice job @box! I am sure that this will come in handy for several people. Thanks for posting this!