[solved] Letsencrypt writes certs but checkbox gets empty after a while

Florian,
Just FYI, mine is doing exactly the same. I upgraded this morning to stable using the upgrade script with no errors.
When I check the LetsEncrypt box and save, all is well ... the config updates with correct ssl locations and certs are put in
/var/www/clients/client5/web23/ssl/hostname-le.crt (-le.key and -le.bundle)
Next trip back to the UI, the box is unchecked and if I change something else about the config and forget to go back and recheck the LE box, it reverts to the old self-signed cert.
Separately, I went into the database and forced it to ssl_letsencrypt='y'. It stayed that way for a minute or so and then went back to 'n'.
This is not a problem for me now that I know to re-check the LE box. Let me know if there is anything I should check to help out.
Gareth.

 

No, there are no custom files there.

 

And: do you have a *err-file for the domain in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled?

 

No, I don't think so?
ls -la /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

Code:

000-apps.vhost
000-default.conf
000-ispconfig.conf
000-ispconfig.vhost
100-example.com.vhost

 

sorry. sites-availables

 

No, I couldn't find any of those either:

ls -la /etc/apache2/sites-available/*err*
ls: cannot access /etc/apache2/sites-available/*err*: No such file or directory

 

Thank you, Florian! Florian found an apache-plugin for ispconfig on my dns slave server. He said if you run a mirror ispconfig, all services will be mirrored. As long as server-plugin is active, this will be excuted and apache could not find the cert so the slave disabled LE. In the system server services for the slave I had only DNS-server checked and Is mirror of server, but somehow I had installed the apache plugin too.

Days of wondering came to an end. =)

 

This problem does not exist, when you did not install "useless" software. I.e. you don't need apache on an dns-server. I don't see any problems if we send all data to a mirror. But we may can enable/disable plugins on a server when you enable/disable a service using the GUI.