Letsencrypt renew error(Ubuntu, Nginx, Node.js)

Question

I inherited a configuration (Ubuntu, Nginx, Node.js, LetsEncrypt) where the letsencrypt certs are very near expiry.

I tried these commands:

./letsencrypt-auto --renew --config /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/domain.conf certonly

./letsencrypt-auto --renew --config /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/domain.conf -d domain.com -d www.domain.com

Both cases received the following reply: letsencrypt: error: uir is a flag but is being set to 'None'

I tried to change it to false or empty, but not working.

How is it possible to renew LetsEncrypt certs on this configuration?

Answer 1

Try using simply ./letsencrypt-auto renew.

It should read by itself the config file at /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/domain.conf.

Take a look at this tutorial (Step 4) to learn how it is renewed and how it is automated using crontab: How to secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 14.04