Lets encrypt cert not working

[clainguf]

On debian 12 clean install:

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Account registered.
Requesting a certificate for 163-.....com
An unexpected error occurred:
AttributeError: can't set attribute
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.
sed: can't read /etc/apache2/sites-available/ruTorrent-5.2.10-le-ssl.conf: No such file or directory

Log:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/certbot", line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point('certbot==2.1.0', 'console_scripts', 'certbot')())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/main.py", line 19, in main
return internal_main.main(cli_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/certbot/_internal/main.py", line 1733, in main
with make_displayer(config) as displayer:
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 188, in exit
exc.traceback = traceback
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/josepy/util.py", line 191, in setattr
raise AttributeError("can't set attribute")
AttributeError: can't set attribute
2025-11-05 18:45:19,787:ERROR:certbot._internal.log:An unexpected error occurred:
2025-11-05 18:45:19,789:ERROR:certbot._internal.log:AttributeError: can't set attribute
/var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

[MarkusLange]

I need more information:
Version of the script
Choosen Version of rutorrent
Is was there allready an le encrypted conf?

[clainguf]

i'll try to make a video of the install

[clainguf]

https://youtu.be/rRDvql7pUPs

Here you go, this is on a clean debian 12 install

And thank you for creating the script!

[MarkusLange]

Thanks for the video. Thats really strange it looks like the error came from the certbot script two things, can you install rutorrent 5.2.9 or else and add to my script at line 1380 -v so it looks like:

certbot -v --apache --rsa-key-size 4096 --mu...

And run it again may I get some more information.

did the Webinterface eg rutorrent work without the le encrypting?

[clainguf]

The web interface works without LE, but it totally breaks everything after you try to enable it.

I'll do a reinstall, nano the script and try again with -v

[MarkusLange]

Yeah I know that it can manuell fixed but it needs some work with Apache basics and remove of some files

[clainguf]

Just wanted to let you know that when i installed with -v on 5.2.10 the interface got messed up, now trying with 5.2.9

[clainguf]

Just wanted to let you know that the same issue occurs when installing rutorrent 5.2.9 and it breaks the installation.

[clainguf]

Quick question, is it better to use another OS?

[MarkusLange]

Debian is fine I tested it on it maybe try trixie

[clainguf]

Do you want access to the server? I'll do a clean installation so you can see whats wrong and fix it in a future update?

[clainguf]

Is debian 13 the version you tested it on?

[MarkusLange]

Is debian 13 the version you tested it on?

I tested it from debian 10 or 11 and up, but first things first, I can recreate the problem so let me clear it

You can clean the Let's encrypt mess up with:
sudo a2dissite https_redirect.conf
sudo a2ensite ruTorrent-5.2.10.conf
sudo rm -f /etc/apache2/sites-available/https_redirect.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2

[clainguf]

Alright, just did a reinstall but will wait before trying letsencrypt again

Btw, thank you for actively maintaining the script. It's awesome, many people should recognize this more.

[MarkusLange]

Long story short, the parameter --must-staple from certbot isn't supported anymore
letsencrypt

So clean your Let's encrypt mess up with:

sudo a2dissite https_redirect.conf
sudo a2ensite ruTorrent-5.2.10.conf
sudo rm -f /etc/apache2/sites-available/https_redirect.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2

remove in line 1380 "--must-staple":
sed -i '/certbot --apache/ s/--must-staple //' rrutorrent-install-deamon-script.bash

and try again