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Like #285, I was getting a 403 during the dokku letsencrypt:enable
process:
$ dokku letsencrypt:enable dog-tags
=====> Enabling letsencrypt for dog-tags
-----> Enabling ACME proxy for dog-tags...
-----> Getting letsencrypt certificate for dog-tags via HTTP-01
- Domain 'dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au'
2025/09/26 22:30:06 [INFO] [dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au] acme: Obtaining bundled SAN certificate
2025/09/26 22:30:07 [INFO] [dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au] AuthURL: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.or
g/acme/authz/26865871/5894123091
2025/09/26 22:30:07 [INFO] [dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au] acme: Could not find solver for: tls-alpn-01
2025/09/26 22:30:07 [INFO] [dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au] acme: use http-01 solver
2025/09/26 22:30:07 [INFO] [dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au] acme: Trying to solve HTTP-01
2025/09/26 22:30:14 [INFO] Deactivating auth: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz/26865871/
5894123091
2025/09/26 22:30:14 Could not obtain certificates:
error: one or more domains had a problem:
[dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au] invalid authorization: acme: error: 403 :: urn:ietf:params:acme:error:u
nauthorized :: 209.xx.xx.xx: Invalid response from http://dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au/.well-known/acm
e-challenge/hirs9TAl08dJhihPg2gRaDd2IfLcDXud_5SqY: 403
-----> Certificate retrieval failed!
-----> Disabling ACME proxy for dog-tags...
! Failed to setup letsencrypt
! Check log output for further information on failure
This was due to nginx not being able to read the challenge:
2025/09/26 08:06:32 [error] 230808#230808: *1 open() "/var/lib/dokku/data/letsencrypt/dog-tags/.well-know
n/acme-challenge/hirs9TAl08dJhihPg2gRaDd2IfLcDXud_5SqY" failed (13: Permission denied), client: 23.
xx.xx.xx, server: dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au, request: "GET /.well-known/acme-challenge/hirs9TAl0
8dJhihPg2gRaDd2IfLcDXud_5SqY HTTP/1.1", host: "dog-tags.dokku.xxxx.com.au"
The problem was with the dog-tags
dir:
# sudo -u www-data namei /var/lib/dokku/data/letsencrypt/dog-tags/.well-known/acme-challenge/
f: /var/lib/dokku/data/letsencrypt/dog-tags/.well-known/acme-challenge/
d /
d var
d lib
d dokku
d data
d letsencrypt
dog-tags - Permission denied
# ls -ld /var/lib/dokku/data/letsencrypt
drwxr-x--- 4 dokku dokku 4096 Sep 26 22:13 /var/lib/dokku/data/letsencrypt
```
(Note1: This was executed as the `root `user - I don't know how sudo is setup on this image, and I don't know any of the passwords)
(Note2: How have I never heard of `namei` until today!?)
Solution was just:
```
# chmod -R 755 /var/lib/dokku/data/letsencrypt
```
Maybe dokku-letsencrypt could set the umask differently, or maybe it could create and set the mode of this dir prior to running the letsencrypt docker image.
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