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I ran the letsencrypt script and it generated the account.key but I keep getting this:

# /mnt/sdb1/letsencrypt/letsencrypt register
Registering account.
 - HTTP error while registering account.

One thing I don't understand is that I can't find anything in my access or error logs at the times I run the script. My error logs file are actually empty. I commented out all lines having to do with max size, checked to see if my first VirtualHost is online. It is a small static site. Here is my configuration file... I am running v10.2

# Hiawatha main configuration file (10.2)
#

# VARIABLES
# With 'set', you can declare a variable. Make sure the name of the
# variable doesn't conflict with any of the configuration options.
# The variables are case-sensitive and cannot be redeclared.
#
set LOCALHOST = 127.0.0.0/8


# GENERAL SETTINGS

ServerId = nobody
#ConnectionsTotal = 1000
#ConnectionsPerIP = 25
SystemLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/system.log
GarbageLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/garbage.log


# BINDING SETTINGS
# A binding is where a client can connect to.
#
Binding {
	Port = 80
}

#Binding {
#	Port = 443
#	TLScertFile = .pem
#	Interface = 127.0.0.1
#	MaxRequestSize = 2048
#	TimeForRequest = 30
#}


# BANNING SETTINGS
# Deny service to clients who misbehave.

BanOnGarbage = 300
#BanOnMaxPerIP = 60
#BanOnMaxReqSize = 300
KickOnBan = yes
RebanDuringBan = yes


# COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE (CGI) SETTINGS
# These settings can be used to run CGI applications.

CGIhandler = /opt/lampp/bin/perl:pl
CGIhandler = /opt/lampp/bin/php-cgi:php
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/python:py
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/ruby:rb
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/ssi-cgi:shtml
CGIextension = cgi

#FastCGIserver {
#	FastCGIid = PHP7
#	ConnectTo = /var/lib/hiawatha/php-fcgi.sock
#	Extension = php
#}


# URL TOOLKIT
# This URL toolkit rule was made for the Banshee PHP framework,
# which can be downloaded from http://www.banshee-php.org/

UrlToolkit {
	ToolkitID = banshee
	RequestURI isfile Return
	Match ^/(css|files|fonts|images|js)($|/) Return
	Match ^/(favicon.ico|robots.txt)$ Return
	Match [^?]*(\?.*)? Rewrite /index.php$1
}


# DIRECTORY SETTINGS
# You can specify some settings per directory.

Directory {
	DirectoryID = static
	Path = /css, /fonts, /images, /js
	ExpirePeriod = 2 weeks
}

Directory {
	DirectoryID = files
	Path = /files
	ShowIndex = yes
	StartFile = index.html
	ExecuteCGI = no
}


# DEFAULT WEBSITE
# It is wise to use your IP address as the hostname of the default website
# and give it a blank webpage. By doing so, automated webscanners won't find
# your possible vulnerable website.
#
Hostname = 127.0.0.1
WebsiteRoot = /root/Web-Server
StartFile = blank.html
AccessLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/access.log
ErrorLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/error.log



# VIRTUAL HOSTS
# Use a VirtualHost section to declare the websites you want to host.
#
VirtualHost {
	Hostname = globalwarmingllc.com 
	Hostname = *.globalwarmingllc.com
	WebsiteRoot = /var/www/globalwarmingllc/public
	StartFile = index.html
	AccessLogfile = /var/www/globalwarmingllc/log/access.log
	ErrorLogfile = /var/www/globalwarmingllc/log/error.log
#	PreventXSS = yes
#	PreventCSRF = yes
	CustomHeader = Vary: Accept-Encoding
	CustomHeader = X-Frame-Options: sameorigin
	UseDirectory = static, files
}

Can you reach the server as specified by LE_CA_HOSTNAME in letsencrypt.conf? You should be able to connect to port 80 of that server.

It looks like it redirects me to https This is what the page says when I view it in my browser.


This is an ACME Certificate Authority running Boulder.

This is a programmatic endpoint, an API for a computer to talk to. You should probably be using a specialized client to utilize the service, and not your web browser. See https://letsencrypt.org/ for help.

If you're trying to use this service, note that the starting point, the directory, is available at this URL: https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory.

But can you also reach that server from the machine you use to run the letsencrypt script? Somehow, the script is not able to.

This is the machine... I'll try running it again. Maybe there was a problem on their end a couple of days ago?

Deleted other key and ran again. Same thing..

# /mnt/sdb1/letsencrypt/letsencrypt register
Generating account key.
Registering account.
- HTTP error while registering account.
#

If I try to connect to the production one with my browser, it gives me an error and doesn't connect.

Looks like you have some sort of connection issue. Solve that before using the script.

I just registered the account by rolling back my PHP to 5.6.21-0 from 7.0.4-0 (Xampp)

Thanks for your help.

Ah, that's the issue. Thanks for the feedback. I don't have access to a machine with PHP7 yet.

My certificate gets me an "A" on https://www.ssllabs.com For those that run small sites using a residential service/router, don't forget to port forward :443. I forgot I didn't do that years ago.