isaaclw Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I'm trying to do the authentication process for letsencrypt. It told me to put a file in my folder: https://renewrocktown.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/ with a value. When the file is downloaded via my browser, it shows up correctly. When it's downloaded with the certbot script, or with wget, it shows a 403. Apparently the host is restricting crawling. This makes sense. Is there any way around that? I realize if I purchase premium, I can get 'letsencrypt' in a much easier way... but I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 5 hours ago, isaaclw said: I'm trying to do the authentication process for letsencrypt. It told me to put a file in my folder: https://renewrocktown.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/ with a value. When the file is downloaded via my browser, it shows up correctly. When it's downloaded with the certbot script, or with wget, it shows a 403. Apparently the host is restricting crawling. This makes sense. Is there any way around that? I realize if I purchase premium, I can get 'letsencrypt' in a much easier way... but I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet... Thanks! Upload the file to the requested directory, and that should be everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaaclw Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 I tried that. I get a 403. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 1 hour ago, isaaclw said: I tried that. I get a 403. Check your .htaccess, and see if there's a rule that denies you the access to the files. Anyways, if you put the directory, and then the filename no problems should happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaaclw Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 What I hear you saying is that you don't know of any restriction on web crawlers. Why do I get a 403 when I run: `wget https://renewrocktown.com` Yet it works fine when I view it in the browser? Here's my .htaccess file: # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 4 hours ago, isaaclw said: What I hear you saying is that you don't know of any restriction on web crawlers. Why do I get a 403 when I run: `wget https://renewrocktown.com` Yet it works fine when I view it in the browser? Here's my .htaccess file: # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress I have gone through the process of installing SSL certificates several times, but never had this error. So from my analysis, the error should be on your WordPress installation blocking something. And the only thing that comes to mind when referring to restrictions is .htaccess. Try removing it temporarily. To be honest I'm not sure what causes this, so I'm just guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfinityFree Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Only valid web browsers (which support Javascript and cookies) can access files on your account. Your issue is not an SSL installation issue, it's an issue that Let's Encrypt does not use valid web browsers to verify domains. So you cannot use Let's Encrypt here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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