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[Kevin Watkins <tesla1886@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, I have not set up HTTPS as of yet. I was in the process when it too was failing. When trying to get the certificate with Certbot I get the following error

"The Certificate Authority failed to download the temporary challenge files created by Certbot. Ensure that the listed domains serve their content from the provided --webroot-path/-w and that files created there can be downloaded from the internet.

I provided the error presented by Firefox, even though when this issue first arrived I was using Google Chrome and MS Edge. Chrome gives the error "unexpectedly closed the connection" and Edge gives the error message "closed the connection". Googling gives me suggestions like checking internet connection. Being as how I can't connect to a server on my own network it is not an Internet connection. I use all three browsers depending on what I am doing and sometimes forget which one I am using. I know no one else's fault but my own, I am not trying to make excuses, just trying to explain.

As far as using a non-LTS I am still learning Linux, in fact will be taking a class for Linux+ in a couple months. Everything I had know prior was that any Ubuntu version ending in .04 was an upgradable version. I never imagined that there would be a version that wasn't.

I know others do so but I am not the type of person that comes across a problem and immediately looks to others for help -- even though it may seem like that. My whole purpose in doing things like hosting my own websites is to learn. I know that I am not going to learn a whole lot off the backs of others. I may not search for the right things but I do research issues like this before looking to others for help.

On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 5:13 PM E.S. Rosenberg <es.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR - "The PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR error message appears when the Mozilla Firefox browser can't establish a secure connection. It is a Firefox-specific error and won't appear in any other browser."

https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/pr_end_of_file_error / First result Google search for the error.

The config you shared only mentions HTTP and not HTTPS but modern browsers will always try and prefer HTTPS over HTTP unless explicitly forced to use HTTP, if you are listening on 443 but don't have proper certs setup that would for instance be an issue.

I think the frustration of the first people replying to you comes from you showing such a large amount of signs of not having done your homework properly ahead of time, whether it is using a non LTS distribution and not keeping it up to date or all the "hand waving"/vague descriptions of what was done and total lack of the error message.

Self hosting is great, I do it too and going to mailing lists/IRC etc is also and I believe most communities strive to be welcoming, but there is also always a base assumption that before you seek help on the mailing list you did your homework and that the actual help request is also detailed and well formulated so that others can actually help you.

HTH,

Eli

Op za 14 dec 2024 om 23:54 schreef Kevin Watkins <tesla1886@xxxxxxxxx>:

@Marc - A service provider for a self hosted website?

@Frank Gingras - when I try to open my website via URL (IE  www.deletedforsec.us or deletedforsec.us) my site does not load instead I get the following error PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR Error code: PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR. I get the same error whether locally orremotely

@Antony Stone -- Thank you

On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 5:16 AM Marc <Marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You should have a service provider for such stuff. This starts to look like when your kid is ill and then asking in the local pet shop for advise.

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> I had two working websites until I realized over the weekend that my
> server was running Ubuntu 23.04 which had no apparent easy upgrade to
> 24.04. So I backed up my web files and site config files and did a clean
> install of Ubuntu. I have been trying to get my sites back up since
> (Sunday 8th of December).I am currently working on getting one of them
> up, once it is up I’ll work on the other one.
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> I am able to load my site locally via local IP address or remotely via
> public IP. However, I am unable to load the site via URL, locally or
> remotely
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