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Cannot issue Let’s Encrypt certificate in Plesk: Error creating new authz :: Policy forbids issuing for name

 
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Symptoms

  • The following error is shown while trying to obtain a certificate for domain:

    Failed to secure panel: Invalid response from https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-authz:
    Error creating new authz :: Policy forbids issuing for name.


    Error: Could not issue a Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate for exactblacklist.letsencrypt.org
    Perhaps this domain is at risk group and is blacklisted on the Let's Encrypt side.
    Invalid response from http://example.com/acme/newauthz.
    Details:
    Type: urn:acme:error:rejectedIdentifier
    Status: 400
    Detail: Error creating new authz :: Policy forbids issuing for name

  • The same error can occur in an attempt to secure Plesk.

Cause

A domain name or hostname is blacklisted.

Let's Encrypt policy does not allow issuing a certificate for such domain name or hostname.

Resolution

For domain

If the domain name is blacklisted, e.g. *.cloudapp.net or *.amazonaws.com, then Let's Encrypt fails to issue a certificate.

Change the domain name to another one:

  1. Log in to Plesk.

  2. Go to Domains > Hosting Settings.

  3. Change the Domain name to another one and press the OK button to apply changes.

For Plesk

During the securing Plesk using steps from this article:

How to secure Plesk login page URL with SSL certificate?

Plesk is tried to be secured by using server hostname by default.

If the hostname is blacklisted, e.g. *.cloudapp.net or *.amazonaws.com, then Let's Encrypt fails to issue a certificate.

Specify another domain name that will be used for accessing Plesk

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