LetsEncrypt Challenge Errors -> Ubuntu 20.04 + WikiJS on Docker 8080/8443 + Apache #4849

synth3sis · 2021-12-31T17:33:07Z

synth3sis
Dec 31, 2021

I'm installing WikiJS using docker on my webserver (which is already hosting some websites) with apache on it, so ports 80 and 443 already taken.

I have encountered a LetsEncrypt error during the process of final installation. So apparently everything works fine unless I try to use the docs given command to create the docker with LetsEncrypt certificate generation. I'll explain better with my (following) configuration.

Commands executed to create and run containers:

openssl rand -base64 32 > /etc/wikijs/.db-secret
docker network create wikinet
docker volume create pgdata

docker create --name=db -e POSTGRES_DB=wiki -e POSTGRES_USER=wiki -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/wikijs/.db-secret -v /etc/wikijs/.db-secret:/etc/wikijs/.db-secret:ro -v pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data --restart=unless-stopped -h db --network=wikinet postgres:11

# Highlighting this container due to the issue relative to it:
docker create --name=wiki \
    -e LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN=wiki.mydomain.com \
    -e LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=email@mydomain.com \
    -e SSL_ACTIVE=1 \
    -e DB_TYPE=postgres \
    -e DB_HOST=db \
    -e DB_PORT=5432 \
    -e DB_PASS_FILE=/etc/wikijs/.db-secret \
    -v /etc/wikijs/.db-secret:/etc/wikijs/.db-secret:ro \
    -e DB_USER=wiki \
    -e DB_NAME=wiki \
    -e UPGRADE_COMPANION=0 \
    --restart=unless-stopped \
    -h wiki \
    --network=wikinet \
    -p 8080:3000 \                <----------
    -p 8443:3443 \                <----------
    requarks/wiki:2

docker create --name=wiki-update-companion -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro --restart=unless-stopped -h wiki-update-companion  --network=wikinet requarks/wiki-update-companion:latest

docker start db
docker start wiki
docker start wiki-update-companion

Until now, everything works fine. From now on I keep tracks of docker logs wiki to check every step.
Now I go to http://wiki.mydomain.com:8080 and I find, as expected, the initial configuration page.
When I click on "Install" and I check the docker logs, I get the following error messages:

[.........]
2021-12-31T17:07:22.476Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Initializing Let's Encrypt client...
(node:1) [DEP0148] DeprecationWarning: Use of deprecated folder mapping "./public/" in the "exports" field module resolution of the package at /wiki/node_modules/extract-files/package.json.
Update this package.json to use a subpath pattern like "./public/*".
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
2021-12-31T17:07:22.488Z [MASTER] info: HTTP Server: [ RUNNING ]
2021-12-31T17:07:22.674Z [MASTER] info: Telemetry is active: [ OK ]
2021-12-31T17:07:22.895Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Setting up account for the first time...
2021-12-31T17:07:23.763Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Account was setup successfully [ OK ]
2021-12-31T17:07:23.763Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Generating server keypairs...
2021-12-31T17:07:24.185Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Server keypairs generated successfully [ OK ]
2021-12-31T17:07:24.185Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Generating certificate signing request (CSR)...
2021-12-31T17:07:24.191Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) CSR generated successfully [ OK ]
2021-12-31T17:07:24.191Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Requesting certificate from Let's Encrypt...
2021-12-31T17:07:24.197Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Setting HTTP challenge for wiki.mydomain.com: [ READY ]
2021-12-31T17:07:24.197Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Waiting for challenge to complete...
2021-12-31T17:07:29.223Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Removing HTTP challenge: [ OK ]
2021-12-31T17:07:29.223Z [MASTER] info: (LETSENCRYPT) Removing HTTP challenge: [ OK ]
2021-12-31T17:07:29.223Z [MASTER] warn: (LETSENCRYPT) Error: Error: Failed HTTP-01 Pre-Flight / Dry Run.
curl 'http://wiki.mydomain.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/test-[.........]'
Expected: 'test-[........]'
Got: '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>404 Not Found</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>The requested URL was not found on this server.</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) Server at wiki.mydomain.com Port 80</address>
</body></html>
'
See https://git.rootprojects.org/root/acme.js/issues/4
2021-12-31T17:07:29.223Z [MASTER] error: Error: Failed HTTP-01 Pre-Flight / Dry Run.
curl 'http://wiki.mydomain.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/test-[..........]'
Expected: 'test-[..........]'
Got: '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>404 Not Found</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>The requested URL was not found on this server.</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) Server at wiki.mydomain.com Port 80</address>
</body></html>
'
See https://git.rootprojects.org/root/acme.js/issues/4

And on the redirected web interface i get this:

Just for testing, if I stop apache daemon (so now ports 80 and 443 are available), and I recreate the containers mapping the ports on the standard ones 80:3000 and 443:3443, everything works fine, letsencrypt challenge succeeds and I can start to create pages.

For obvious reasons I cannot turn permanently off my apache webserver and I prefer not to use a reverse proxy and run wikijs on my host's system.

Is there a way to create and launch the container with letsencrypt methods but running the challenge against my not-standard 8080 and 8443 ports?

Thank you in advance

dmorsberger · 2024-12-26T15:46:35Z

dmorsberger
Dec 26, 2024

Did you ever figure this out? I am running Docker on my Mac and letsencrypt is failing for what I believe port 80 is already open on the Mac.

0 replies

Provide feedback

Saved searches

Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly

LetsEncrypt Challenge Errors -> Ubuntu 20.04 + WikiJS on Docker 8080/8443 + Apache #4849

{{title}}

Replies: 1 comment

{{title}}

Select a reply

LetsEncrypt Challenge Errors -> Ubuntu 20.04 + WikiJS on Docker 8080/8443 + Apache #4849

synth3sis Dec 31, 2021

Commands executed to create and run containers:

Replies: 1 comment

dmorsberger Dec 26, 2024

synth3sis
Dec 31, 2021

dmorsberger
Dec 26, 2024