title: Unable to install LetsEncrypt SSL on CentOS 7
body: <p>I am trying to install SSL Certificate to my website using Securing Apache with Let's Encrypt on CentOS 7.</p>
  
  <p>My web server is (include version): Apache (cPanel)</p>
  
  <p>My hosting provider, if applicable, is: GoDaddy</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-centos-7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">followed this link </a> for that, STEP-1 and STEP-2 were successfull </p>
  
  <p>with the understanding that no firewall has been setup in my VPS</p>
  
  <pre><code>    sudo yum install epel-release
      sudo yum install httpd mod_ssl python-certbot-apache
      sudo systemctl start httpd
      systemctl status httpd
      curl www.example.com ((Note: works))       
      sudo certbot --apache -d example.com -d www.example.com
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This last command generates an error, as follows: </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo: certbot: command not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried to install certbot by </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo yum install certbot
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and installed successfully</p>
  
  <pre><code>  Installed:
    certbot.noarch 0:0.27.1-1.el7
  
  Dependency Installed:
    audit-libs-python.x86_64 0:2.8.1-3.el7_5.1         checkpolicy.x86_64 0:2.5-6.el7                       libcgroup.x86_64 0:0.41-15.el7
    libsemanage-python.x86_64 0:2.5-11.el7             policycoreutils-python.x86_64 0:2.5-22.el7           pyOpenSSL.x86_64 0:0.13.1-3.el7
    python-IPy.noarch 0:0.75-6.el7                     python-cffi.x86_64 0:1.6.0-5.el7                     python-enum34.noarch 0:1.0.4-1.el7
    python-idna.noarch 0:2.4-1.el7                     python-ndg_httpsclient.noarch 0:0.3.2-1.el7          python-ply.noarch 0:3.4-11.el7
    python-pycparser.noarch 0:2.14-1.el7               python-requests.noarch 0:2.6.0-1.el7_1               python-requests-toolbelt.noarch 0:0.8.0-1.el7
    python-six.noarch 0:1.9.0-2.el7                    python-urllib3.noarch 0:1.10.2-5.el7                 python-zope-component.noarch 1:4.1.0-3.el7
    python-zope-event.noarch 0:4.0.3-2.el7             python-zope-interface.x86_64 0:4.0.5-4.el7           python2-acme.noarch 0:0.27.1-1.el7
    python2-certbot.noarch 0:0.27.1-1.el7              python2-configargparse.noarch 0:0.11.0-1.el7         python2-cryptography.x86_64 0:1.7.2-2.el7
    python2-future.noarch 0:0.16.0-6.el7               python2-josepy.noarch 0:1.1.0-1.el7                  python2-mock.noarch 0:1.0.1-9.el7
    python2-parsedatetime.noarch 0:2.4-5.el7           python2-pyasn1.noarch 0:0.1.9-7.el7                  python2-pyrfc3339.noarch 0:1.0-2.el7
    python2-requests.noarch 0:2.6.0-0.el7              python2-six.noarch 0:1.9.0-0.el7                     pytz.noarch 0:2016.10-2.el7
    setools-libs.x86_64 0:3.3.8-2.el7
  
  Complete!
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I  again tried to request an SSL certificate for my domain.</p>
  
  <pre><code>   sudo certbot --apache -d example.com -d www.example.com
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this time it's  returning</p>
  
  <pre><code>   Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
     The requested apache plugin does not appear to be installed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>/var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log</p>
  
  <pre><code>    2018-11-02 08:15:55,542:DEBUG:certbot.main:certbot version: 0.27.1
      2018-11-02 08:15:55,542:DEBUG:certbot.main:Arguments: ['--apache', '-d', 'example.com', '-d', 'www.example.com']
      2018-11-02 08:15:55,543:DEBUG:certbot.main:Discovered plugins: PluginsRegistry(PluginEntryPoint#manual,PluginEntryPoint#null,PluginEntryPoint#standalone,Plugi$
      2018-11-02 08:15:55,611:DEBUG:certbot.log:Root logging level set at 20
      2018-11-02 08:15:55,611:INFO:certbot.log:Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
      2018-11-02 08:15:55,613:DEBUG:certbot.plugins.selection:Requested authenticator apache and installer apache
      2018-11-02 08:15:55,613:DEBUG:certbot.plugins.selection:No candidate plugin
      2018-11-02 08:15:55,614:DEBUG:certbot.plugins.selection:Selected authenticator None and installer None
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Note: I replaced example.com with my actual domain</strong> </p>
  
  <p>Any Help is highly Appreciated.Thanks in advance!!</p>