Errors after manually running activate-ssl.sh

[johnczer]

I had to manually run activate-ssl.sh after it failed to generate cert during install of latest Wordpress Pre-configured VM released 5/27/18. When I ran it I received the following errors after first running activate-ssl.sh (which appeared to generate cert) and I also had to re-run test-new-config.sh which generated errors as well:

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Job for nginx.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status nginx.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
Couldn't load new config, reverted to old settings. Self-signed SSL is OK!
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bash /var/scripts/test-new-config.sh rsa-systems.org.conf failed
wordpress@wordpress:$ sudo /var/scripts/activate-ssl.sh
Are you sure you want to continue? ([y]es or [N]o): n
wordpress@wordpress:$ bash /var/scripts/test-new-config.sh
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ln: failed to create symbolic link '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/sites-available': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/wordpress_port_80.conf': Permission denied
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ===
Authentication is required to restart 'nginx.service'.
Authenticating as: wordpress,,, (wordpress)
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
New settings works! SSL is now activated and OK!

This cert will expire in 90 days, so you have to renew it.
There are several ways of doing so, here are some tips and tricks: https://goo.gl/c1JHR0
This script will add a renew cronjob to get you started, edit it by typing:
'crontab -u root -e'
Feel free to contribute to this project: https://goo.gl/3fQD65
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must be privileged to use -u
must be privileged to use -u
grep: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/: Is a directory
Setting hostname to ...
sed: couldn't open temporary file /etc/sedpefeF8: Permission denied
/var/scripts/test-new-config.sh: line 46: /var/scripts/letsencryptrenew.sh: Permission denied
chmod: cannot access '/var/scripts/letsencryptrenew.sh': No such file or directory
rm: remove write-protected regular file '/var/scripts/test-new-config.sh'?

[enoch85]

You must run it as root, or with sudo (which is the same thing in Ubuntu kind of)