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One reason this occurs is if you have the wrong `id_rsa*` certificate files in
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`/opt/sandstorm/var/sandcats`. You can fix this problem using the email-based recovery system; for
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now, this requires using `install.sh` on a throwaway VM. Once your new certificate files are
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registered with `sandcats.io`, you can move them to whichever server you want using file-based
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recovery.
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`/opt/sandstorm/var/sandcats`. If your server is particularly long-lived, it also may have reached
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the end of the ten year certificate lifetime.
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You can fix this problem using the email-based recovery system. For new installs, this feature is a
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part of the `install.sh` script. However, for existing servers, we have a `recover-sandcats.sh`
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script you can download from
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[the GitHub repo](https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/recover-sandcats.sh).
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Another reason you might see `Not Authorized` in the log files is if your server has run afoul of
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sandcats.io's defense in depth against Sandstorm bugs.

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