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Hello, I am on the Linux version of Synchronet and i have enables lets encrypt to enable https. I keep getting this error:

Fri Aug 11 2023 12:00 am bbs.piratebbs.com ERROR occurred:
evnt SYNCRYPT !JavaScript /sbbs/exec/load/acmev2.js line 447: Error: get_authorization request did not return 200

Here is the ctrl/letsyncrypt.ini:

```text
; $Id: letsyncrypt.ini,v 1.1 2019/07/24 22:32:54 rswindell Exp $
; For use with exec/letsyncrypt.js
; See http://wiki.synchro.net/module:letsyncrypt for details

Host = acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
Directory = /directory
TOSAgreed = true
GroupReadableKeyFile = false
[Domains]
piratebbs.com = /sbbs/web/root
bbs.piratebbs.com = /sbbs/web/root
[key_id] acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/1242793716

[State]
```

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed Aug 16 2023 09:06 am

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Hello, I am on the Linux version of Synchronet and i have enables lets encrypt to enable https. I keep getting this error:

Fri Aug 11 2023 12:00 am bbs.piratebbs.com ERROR occurred:
evnt SYNCRYPT !JavaScript /sbbs/exec/load/acmev2.js line 447: Error: get_authorization request did not return 200

Here is the ctrl/letsyncrypt.ini:

```text
; $Id: letsyncrypt.ini,v 1.1 2019/07/24 22:32:54 rswindell Exp $
; For use with exec/letsyncrypt.js
; See http://wiki.synchro.net/module:letsyncrypt for details

Host = acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
Directory = /directory
TOSAgreed = true
GroupReadableKeyFile = false
[Domains]
piratebbs.com = /sbbs/web/root
bbs.piratebbs.com = /sbbs/web/root
[key_id] acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme /acct/1242793716

[State]
```

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Increase the log level to "Debug" and you will get more detail (the actual HTTP response) in the log as well, and that should direct you to the root problem.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Increase the log level to "Debug" and you will get more detail (the actual HTTP response) in the log as well, and that should direct you to the root problem.
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Which configuration file?

Thanks!

Chris
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Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 05:47 am

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Increase the log level to "Debug" and you will get more detail (the actual HTTP response) in the log as well, and that should direct you to the root problem.
--
digital man (rob)

Which configuration file?

ctrl/sbbs.ini
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On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Digital Man wrote:

To: Holdfast
Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 05:47 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Increase the log level to "Debug" and you will get more detail (the actual
HTTP response) in the log as well, and that should direct you to the root
problem.
--
digital man (rob)

Which configuration file?

ctrl/sbbs.ini
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Rush quote #78:
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I set the LogLevel to Debugging and this is the error I received from lets encrypt....
evnt SYNCRYPT !JavaScript : uncaught exception: Authorization failed... https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/255855316306
If letsencrypt is broke I dont mind putting a purchased cert on it, I just cant find any instructions on how to install a purchased cert.
Thanks for your help and the cool bbs.
Chris Edwards
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 1:13:10 PM UTC-5, Holdfast wrote:

On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Digital Man wrote:

To: Holdfast
Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 05:47 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Increase the log level to "Debug" and you will get more detail (the actual
HTTP response) in the log as well, and that should direct you to the root
problem.
--
digital man (rob)

Which configuration file?

ctrl/sbbs.ini
--
digital man (rob)

Rush quote #78:
Today's Tom Sawyer, he gets high on you, the space he invades, gets by on you
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I set the LogLevel to Debugging and this is the error I received from lets encrypt....

evnt SYNCRYPT !JavaScript : uncaught exception: Authorization failed... https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/255855316306

If letsencrypt is broke I dont mind putting a purchased cert on it, I just cant find any instructions on how to install a purchased cert.

Thanks for your help and the cool bbs.

Chris Edwards

I spoke to soon. I also am getting this error...
evnt SYNCRYPT !JavaScript /sbbs/exec/load/acmev2.js line 139: Error: newOrder responded with 400 not 201
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Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 11:13 am

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On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 12:38:53¨PM UTC-5, Digital Man wrote:

To: Holdfast
Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 05:47 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Increase the log level to "Debug" and you will get more detail (the actual
HTTP response) in the log as well, and that should direct you to the root problem.
--
digital man (rob)

Which configuration file?

ctrl/sbbs.ini
--
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Rush quote #78:
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I set the LogLevel to Debugging and this is the error I received from lets encrypt....
evnt SYNCRYPT !JavaScript : uncaught exception: Authorization failed... https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/255855316306

If you open that link it has more detail:
Invalid response from http://piratebbs.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/99I54V05pPzENAoPwfzSkFoqrm2s52bA4jrfKJhdjNg: 404"

If you look at your web server log output from that same time, you should see that request and determine the cause from the subsequent error message. Also double check that your web root dir actually has this .well-known/acme-challenge directory created in it (by letsyncrypt.js). If it doesn't, that likely means you specified a different (wrong) directory location in your letsyncrypt.ini file.

If letsencrypt is broke I dont mind putting a purchased cert on it, I just cant find any instructions on how to install a purchased cert.

LetsEncrypt (and LetSyncrypt) work fine. You just have something configured wrong. Keep look at the directory contents and the output (and follow the links) and you'll figure it out.
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On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 4:17:01 PM UTC-5, Digital Man wrote:

To: Holdfast
Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 11:13 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 12:38:53沌M UTC-5, Digital Man wrote:

To: Holdfast
Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 05:47 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Increase the log level to "Debug" and you will get more detail (the actual
HTTP response) in the log as well, and that should direct you to the root problem.
--
digital man (rob)

Which configuration file?

ctrl/sbbs.ini
--
digital man (rob)

Rush quote #78:
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I set the LogLevel to Debugging and this is the error I received from lets encrypt....
evnt SYNCRYPT !JavaScript : uncaught exception: Authorization failed... https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/255855316306

If you open that link it has more detail:
Invalid response from http://piratebbs.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/99I54V05pPzENAoPwfzSkFoqrm2s52bA4jrfKJhdjNg: 404"

If you look at your web server log output from that same time, you should see that request and determine the cause from the subsequent error message. Also double check that your web root dir actually has this .well-known/acme-challenge directory created in it (by letsyncrypt.js). If it doesn't, that likely means you specified a different (wrong) directory location in your letsyncrypt.ini file.

If letsencrypt is broke I dont mind putting a purchased cert on it, I just cant find any instructions on how to install a purchased cert.

LetsEncrypt (and LetSyncrypt) work fine. You just have something configured wrong. Keep look at the directory contents and the output (and follow the links) and you'll figure it out.
--
digital man (rob)

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #49:
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Got it working. Looks like I setup two domains and the second one wasnt being served. Must be something in the httpd.conf file but im not sure where that is. :)
Thanks!
Chris Edwards
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Re: Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 02:44 pm

Got it working.

Good to hear.

Looks like I setup two domains and the second one wasnt
being served. Must be something in the httpd.conf file but im not sure where that is. :)

Synchronet doesn't use an httpd.conf file, so not sure what you're referring to there (an Apache http config file?).
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By: Holdfast to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 17 2023 02:44 pm

Got it working.

Good to hear.

Looks like I setup two domains and the second one wasnt
being served. Must be something in the httpd.conf file but im not sure where that is. :)

Synchronet doesn't use an httpd.conf file, so not sure what you're referring to there (an Apache http config file?).

I was just trying to figure out how to have the website load up on piratebbs.com and its CNAME bbs.piratebbs.com.

Thanks,

Chris

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I've been getting this error message recently and not sure how to fix it. The SSL seems to be fine though when connecting via https.

Running 3.21e for Win

5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Running native timed event: ?letsyncrypt.js
5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT !JavaScript C:\SBBS\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Timed event: '?letsyncrypt.js' returned -1

Thanks!
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Re: Lets Encrypt
By: BiggieB to all on Wed May 20 2026 09:03 am

I've been getting this error message recently and not sure how to fix it. The SSL seems to be fine though when connecting via https.

Running 3.21e for Win

5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Running native timed event: ?letsyncrypt.js
5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT !JavaScript C:\SBBS\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Timed event: '?letsyncrypt.js' returned -1

Sounds like your system is having troubles performing an HTTP "get" for https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
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Re: Lets Encrypt
By: BiggieB to all on Wed May 20 2026 09:03 am

Sounds like your system is having troubles performing an HTTP "get" for https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
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Thanks for the quick reply. The system can reach the URL and it just displays the following. Is this something I need to edit to fix this, or something I need to reconfigure? Not sure what I need to do.

{
"X9CJgP9qa2s": "https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/adding-random-entries-to- the-directory/33417",
"keyChange": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/key-change",
"meta": {
"caaIdentities": [
"letsencrypt.org"
],
"profiles": {
"classic": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#classic",
"shortlived": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#shortlived",
"tlsclient": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#tlsclient",
"tlsserver": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#tlsserver"
},
"termsOfService": "https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.6-August-18-2025.pdf",
"website": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/"
},
"newAccount": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-acct",
"newNonce": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-nonce",
"newOrder": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order",
"renewalInfo": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/renewal-info",
"revokeCert": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/revoke-cert" }

Thanks!
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Re: Lets Encrypt
By: BiggieB to Digital Man on Wed May 20 2026 07:29 pm

Thanks for the quick reply. The system can reach the URL and it just displays the following. Is this something I need to edit to fix this, or something I need to reconfigure? Not sure what I need to do.

Maybe just a retry is all you needed?
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Re: Lets Encrypt
By: BiggieB to Digital Man on Wed May 20 2026 07:29 pm

Maybe just a retry is all you needed?
--

I'm still having an issue with Let's Encrypt. I'm still getting the error "Error fetching directory" and now mycert has expired and can't renew it and the web server is down.

I can ping "acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org" and also reach the url "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory" but it's still not working. Not sure what happened because it was working fine.

I have no outbound firewall rules in place and I have all the necessary ports open for inbound.

Thanks for you help!

6/1 07:06:00a SYNCRYPT !JavaScript C:\SBBS\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
6/1 07:06:00a SYNCRYPT Timed event: '?letsyncrypt.js' returned -

C:\sbbs\exec>jsexec letsyncrypt

JSexec v3.21e-Win32 master/dba8d48f1 - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Mar 17 2026 01:22 with MSC 1944

Loading configuration files from C:\sbbs\ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 167772160 bytes

Reading script from C:\sbbs\exec\letsyncrypt.js
C:\sbbs\exec\letsyncrypt.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
!JavaScript C:\sbbs\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
C:\sbbs\exec\letsyncrypt.js executed in 0.80 seconds
!Module (letsyncrypt) set exit_code: 1

JavaScript: Destroying context
JavaScript: Destroying runtime

Returning error code: 1

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Never mind. I was able to figure it out :)

Wiped out the ini file and re-ran the script and then it worked.

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Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Biggieb to Digital Man on Mon Jun 01 2026 04:28 am

Re: Lets Encrypt
By: BiggieB to Digital Man on Wed May 20 2026 07:29 pm

Maybe just a retry is all you needed?
--

I'm still having an issue with Let's Encrypt. I'm still getting the error "Error fetching directory" and now mycert has expired and can't renew it and the web server is down.

I can ping "acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org" and also reach the url "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory" but it's still not working. Not sure what happened because it was working fine.

I have no outbound firewall rules in place and I have all the necessary ports open for inbound.

Thanks for you help!

6/1 07:06:00a SYNCRYPT !JavaScript C:\SBBS\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
6/1 07:06:00a SYNCRYPT Timed event: '?letsyncrypt.js' returned -

C:\sbbs\exec>jsexec letsyncrypt

!JavaScript C:\sbbs\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory

Run it again with the jsexec -Ldebug option get more detailed output.
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Re: Lets Encrypt
By: Biggieb to Digital Man on Mon Jun 01 2026 04:28 am

Run it again with the jsexec -Ldebug option get more detailed output.
--

Thanks Rob! I actually was able to get it working. I responded to you in QWK earlier. I replaced the initial .INI file from an original SBBS installation and just re-an the script and everything worked an expected. My SBBS seems to be ok now with the SSL Cert for SMTP, IMAP and WEB. etc.

Really appreciate your response.

-Brian
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