# Cerbot Service/Renewal Failure, What should I do next?

**URL:** https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/cerbot-service-renewal-failure-what-should-i-do-next/3199
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 15, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/cerbot-service-renewal-failure-what-should-i-do-next/3199 "2024-08-15T14:48:27Z")
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### Author: ![Frankie](https://discuss.freedombox.org/user_avatar/discuss.freedombox.org/frankie/32/865_2.png) [@Frankie](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/Frankie)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/cerbot-service-renewal-failure-what-should-i-do-next/3199/1 "2024-08-15T14:48:27Z")

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Hello, Certbot service stops shortly after trying to renew. I don’t know what I should do next. Any tips would be appreciated.

**Problem Description**  
Certbot service appears to start, it attempts to renew, fails then Cerbot service stops.

**Steps to Reproduce**

1. Attempt to renew cert from Freedombox

**Expected Results**  
Certbot Renewed, yada yada

**Actual results**  
I took a screenshot

**Screenshot**  
 ![Screenshot_20240815_073721](https://discuss.freedombox.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0d7f6229627f49c3879b510ad7410b3ea9c06b43.jpeg)

**Information**

- _FreedomBox version_: (from Help → About page)
- _Hardware_: (name of single board computer or server hardware with architecture)
- _How did you install FreedomBox?_: (‘bought pre-installed hardware’ or ‘apt install freedombox’ or ‘downloading testing images from [https://freedombox.org](https://freedombox.org)’ or ‘using a cloud image’)

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### Author: ![jvalleroy](https://discuss.freedombox.org/user_avatar/discuss.freedombox.org/jvalleroy/32/331_2.png) [@jvalleroy](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/jvalleroy)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/cerbot-service-renewal-failure-what-should-i-do-next/3199/2 "2024-08-16T12:28:45Z")

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Please check (as root) to see if there is any detail about the error:  
`# journalctl -u certbot`

You can also check the logs in `/var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log`.

Do you know if DNSSEC is enabled for this domain?
