letsencrypt-win-simple checking renewals doesnt find all sites

Question

I had a certificate renewal that should have happen automatically but it did not. I tried to run the scheduled task manually so running letsencrypt.exe --renew --baseuri "https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/" but it did not find the domain I thought it would. It only listed some of my other secures domains.

I run letsencrypt-win-simple v.1.9.1.

What can I do to make it renew the missing domain as well?

Answer 1

Lets encrypt stores information about what domains it should check for renew in Windows registry. It is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\letsencrypt-win-simple\https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/Renewals.

Open the registry setting and add your missing domain to the list. Every domain is on a new row and hopefully you have another domain listed using much the same settings so you can easily copy and edit it.

Don't forget to set the date of the renewal entry to a date that has passed!

I had success doing this and next renewal check the certificate was renewed.