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Certbot cannot find Apache executable apache2ctl

If you have been running into the following error message, it indicates that Certbot is not able to locate the apache2ctl executable.

Certbot cannot find Apache executable apache2ctl

In other words, the error occurs when Certbot cannot find the needed Apache utilities.

Let’s take a look at how to fix this error:

• To begin with, make sure Apache is installed and running. We can check its status with:

  sudo systemctl status apache2

  If Apache is not installed, we can install it with our system’s package manager.
• If Apache is installed but the apache2ctl binary is not in the default system path, Certbot will not be able to locate it. We can specify the path to the apache2ctl binary with the –apache-ctl flag when running Certbot.
• Furthermore, if we have a non-standard or custom Apache installation, it should be correctly configured. Also, Certbot should know where it is located.
• If Certbot’s Apache plugin is not installed, we have to install it.
• Additionally, we have to check our Apache configuration files.
• Then, make sure we are using an up-to-date version of Certbot.

After the changes are made, our experts recommend running Certbot again with the –apache flag to obtain or renew our SSL/TLS certificate for our domain. Let us know in the comments if you need fi==

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts demonstrated how to fix the Certbot cannot find Apache executable apache2ctl error.