Switching from letsencrypt (client) to acme-client - where is my account key?












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I started using letsencrypt when there was an "official" client called letsencrypt. I now want to change to acme-client - that is, the C implementation.



I think I manage to configure my sites, and find the certificates for them, but I get the error



acme-client: https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-authz: bad HTTP: 403
acme-client: transfer buffer: [{ "type": "urn:acme:error:unauthorized",
"detail": "No registration exists matching provided key", "status": 403 }]
(120 bytes)


I don't think I got the account key right. Where did letsencrypt store that? I find a directory called /etc/letsencrypt/accounts, but below, there are no pem-files, only jsonwith strange content...



So my questions are:





  • Did letsencrypt store the account key in pem-format?




    • If so, where can I find it?


    • If not - is the key stored anywhere in a way that is transformable to pem-format?













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    I started using letsencrypt when there was an "official" client called letsencrypt. I now want to change to acme-client - that is, the C implementation.



    I think I manage to configure my sites, and find the certificates for them, but I get the error



    acme-client: https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-authz: bad HTTP: 403
    acme-client: transfer buffer: [{ "type": "urn:acme:error:unauthorized",
    "detail": "No registration exists matching provided key", "status": 403 }]
    (120 bytes)


    I don't think I got the account key right. Where did letsencrypt store that? I find a directory called /etc/letsencrypt/accounts, but below, there are no pem-files, only jsonwith strange content...



    So my questions are:





    • Did letsencrypt store the account key in pem-format?




      • If so, where can I find it?


      • If not - is the key stored anywhere in a way that is transformable to pem-format?













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      I started using letsencrypt when there was an "official" client called letsencrypt. I now want to change to acme-client - that is, the C implementation.



      I think I manage to configure my sites, and find the certificates for them, but I get the error



      acme-client: https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-authz: bad HTTP: 403
      acme-client: transfer buffer: [{ "type": "urn:acme:error:unauthorized",
      "detail": "No registration exists matching provided key", "status": 403 }]
      (120 bytes)


      I don't think I got the account key right. Where did letsencrypt store that? I find a directory called /etc/letsencrypt/accounts, but below, there are no pem-files, only jsonwith strange content...



      So my questions are:





      • Did letsencrypt store the account key in pem-format?




        • If so, where can I find it?


        • If not - is the key stored anywhere in a way that is transformable to pem-format?













      share|improve this question
















      I started using letsencrypt when there was an "official" client called letsencrypt. I now want to change to acme-client - that is, the C implementation.



      I think I manage to configure my sites, and find the certificates for them, but I get the error



      acme-client: https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-authz: bad HTTP: 403
      acme-client: transfer buffer: [{ "type": "urn:acme:error:unauthorized",
      "detail": "No registration exists matching provided key", "status": 403 }]
      (120 bytes)


      I don't think I got the account key right. Where did letsencrypt store that? I find a directory called /etc/letsencrypt/accounts, but below, there are no pem-files, only jsonwith strange content...



      So my questions are:





      • Did letsencrypt store the account key in pem-format?




        • If so, where can I find it?


        • If not - is the key stored anywhere in a way that is transformable to pem-format?










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          Another solution, much easier, is to re-register the account using



          acme-client -DAvv <domain>


          after having opened port 80 and configured httpd to answer calls with the additional



          location "/.well-known/acme-challenge/*" { 
          root "/acme"
          root strip 2
          }





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            Another solution, much easier, is to re-register the account using



            acme-client -DAvv <domain>


            after having opened port 80 and configured httpd to answer calls with the additional



            location "/.well-known/acme-challenge/*" { 
            root "/acme"
            root strip 2
            }





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              Another solution, much easier, is to re-register the account using



              acme-client -DAvv <domain>


              after having opened port 80 and configured httpd to answer calls with the additional



              location "/.well-known/acme-challenge/*" { 
              root "/acme"
              root strip 2
              }





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                Another solution, much easier, is to re-register the account using



                acme-client -DAvv <domain>


                after having opened port 80 and configured httpd to answer calls with the additional



                location "/.well-known/acme-challenge/*" { 
                root "/acme"
                root strip 2
                }





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                Another solution, much easier, is to re-register the account using



                acme-client -DAvv <domain>


                after having opened port 80 and configured httpd to answer calls with the additional



                location "/.well-known/acme-challenge/*" { 
                root "/acme"
                root strip 2
                }






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