I am trying to get an SSL certificate signed for a windows server in the cloud where I installed Bitnami which includes an apache2. I followed this explanation using let's encrypt win simple.
I run the command:
letsencrypt.exe --manualhost vmurl.ofwebsever.net --webroot "C:\my\pathto\bitnami\apache\htdocs" --test
The "letsencrypt-win-simple" tool tells me the local path to the acme-challenge file and claims that it is not accessible via internet. It recommends me to whether the file is accessible via browser. However, I can actually access the file via my browser. I copied the exact link from the console output and I get to see the key in my browser (not in the cloud anymore!). Obviously, the key file is actually also put into my Apache htdocs folder. So how can narrow this down?
Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance.
It worked after I got an official domain from the provider. It seems that it is not possible to get a certificate for the url of the vm. The error message to check the file via the browser is quite misleading here, because it was accessible via the browser after all.