# need to stop (temporarily) certificate renewal

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/need-to-stop-temporarily-certificate-renewal/60812>\
**Category:** Help! (Home for newbies)\
**Created:** [July 8, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/need-to-stop-temporarily-certificate-renewal/60812 "2019-07-08T03:18:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![midol](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@midol](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/midol)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/need-to-stop-temporarily-certificate-renewal/60812/1 "2019-07-08T03:18:18Z")

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I’m having an issue that will be a lot easier to debug if I can temporarily stop letsencrypt from automatically trying to renew, unsuccessfully. I don’t see how to do that, does anyone?

Dave

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/need-to-stop-temporarily-certificate-renewal/60812/2 "2019-07-08T03:29:49Z")

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Howdy,

To do that, you can go into Server Configuration -\> SSL Certificates -\> Let’s Encrypt, change the renewal period to “Only renew manually”, then click “Only Update Renewal”.

That should tell it not to attempt to automatically renew the certificate.

-Eric

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/need-to-stop-temporarily-certificate-renewal/60812/3 "2020-04-30T05:39:03Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2020, 5:39am UTC