Heiya Mark,
working with certs via letsencrypt is initially nearly as painful as creating CSRs and installing certs we classic way - just different. I also banged my head on the table later last year on a couple of occasions. Probably mostly depending on what version of the bot used gets shipped with your OS. Things can indeed be a bit tricky with older versions. So you have all my understanding.
Still after the process is established you will not like to lack letsencrypt at all. They really have changed the world. Which is good! What's a week when knowing this? Nothing.
Cheers Karsten
Am 01.10.2017 um 23:39 schrieb Mark A. Hershberger:
We tried to update the SSL cert via letsencrypt today and ran into trouble.
Since this is the first time we have renewed a cert this way, we had trouble understanding the commands.
Anyway, we ended up blocking us from doing the renewal for about a week.
Which means the cert on the site will be broken for about a week.
See this post for an explanation: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-can-i-completely-reinstall-lets-encr...
Sorry for the trouble,
Mark.