# The Ghost installation failed SSL?

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/the-ghost-installation-failed-ssl/23370>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/the-ghost-installation-failed-ssl/23370 "2021-06-09T16:33:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jackyjoy123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jackyjoy123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jackyjoy123)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/the-ghost-installation-failed-ssl/23370/1 "2021-06-09T16:33:45Z")

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Hello,

am installing ghost via digitalocean and have ran through the install but did come across an error. What’s your URL? 3 What version of Ghost are you using? Ghost-CLI version: 1.17.1 node --version v14.16.1 Ubuntu version 20.04.02 LTS What configuration? Mac What browser? Chrome “setting up SSL” did not complete. Message: Command failed: /bin/sh -c sudo -S -p ‘#node-sudo-passwd#’ /etc/letsencrypt/acme.sh --issue --home /etc/letsencrypt --domain paolotrulli. com 3 --webroot /var/www/ghost/system/nginx-root --reloadcmd “nginx -s reload” --accountemail myEmail [Mon May 10 18:26:56 UTC 2021] Register account Error: { “type”: “urn:acme:error:serverInternal”, “detail”: “The service is down for maintenance or had an internal error. Check https:// letsencrypt. status. io/ 1 for more details.” } [Mon May 10 18:26:56 UTC 2021] Please add ‘–debug’ or ‘–log’ to check more details. [Mon May 10 18:26:56 UTC 2021] See: How to debug acme.sh · acmesh-official/acme.sh Wiki · GitHub [Mon May 10 18:26:08 UTC 2021] Using CA: Create account key ok. [Mon May 10 18:26:10 UTC 2021] Registering account: Could not get nonce, let’s try again. Debug Information: OS: Ubuntu, v20.04.2 LTS Node Version: v14.16.1 Ghost Version: 4.4.0 Ghost-CLI Version: 1.17.1 Environment: production Command: ‘ghost install --auto --db=mysql --dbhost=localhost --dbname=ghost\_production --dbuser=ghost --dbpass=da80df311ffeef0baa682077848bb94422db15e49b5e6fa6 --dir=/var/www/ghost --start’ Anynoe know how to address the SSL issue? Edit\* reinstalled via the DO droplet, and the mySQL error resovled itself. Removed from this post. Edit 2\* aslo the letsencrpyt service is down for maintanece until tomorrow, could be the reason for the erro. I will attempt again tomorrow to see if that is the case.

thanks  
jackyjoy

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**Author:** ![jackyjoy123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jackyjoy123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jackyjoy123)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/the-ghost-installation-failed-ssl/23370/2 "2021-08-28T14:17:47Z")

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> [@jackyjoy123](#):
>
> Hello,
> 
> am installing ghost via digitalocean and have ran through the install but did come across an error. What’s your URL? 3 What version of Ghost are you using? Ghost-CLI version: 1.17.1 node --version v14.16.1 Ubuntu version 20.04.02 LTS What configuration? Mac What browser? Chrome “setting up SSL” did not complete. Message: Command failed: /bin/sh -c sudo -S -p ‘#node-sudo-passwd#’ /etc/letsencrypt/acme.sh --issue --home /etc/letsencrypt --domain paolotrulli. com 3 --webroot /var/www/ghost/system/nginx-root --reloadcmd “nginx -s reload” --accountemail myEmail [Mon May 10 18:26:56 UTC 2021] Register account Error: { “type”: “urn:acme:error:serverInternal”, “detail”: “The service is down for maintenance or had an internal error. Check https:// letsencrypt. status. io/ 1 for more details.” } [Mon May 10 18:26:56 UTC 2021] Please add ‘–debug’ or ‘–log’ to check more details. [Mon May 10 18:26:56 UTC 2021] See: How to debug acme.sh · acmesh-official/acme.sh Wiki · GitHub [Mon May 10 18:26:08 UTC 2021] Using CA: Create account key ok. [Mon May 10 18:26:10 UTC 2021] Registering account: Could not get nonce, let’s try again. Debug Information: OS: Ubuntu, v20.04.2 LTS Node Version: v14.16.1 Ghost Version: 4.4.0 Ghost-CLI Version: 1.17.1 Environment: production Command: ‘ghost install --auto --db=mysql --dbhost=localhost --dbname=ghost\_production --dbuser=ghost --dbpass=da80df311ffeef0baa682077848bb94422db15e49b5e6fa6 --dir=/var/www/ghost --start’ Anynoe know how to address the SSL issue? Edit\* reinstalled via the DO droplet, and the mySQL error resovled itself. Removed from this post. Edit 2\* aslo the letsencrpyt service is down for maintanece until tomorrow, could be the reason for the erro. I will attempt again tomorrow to see if that is the case.  
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> jackyjoy

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