# Unable to force Caddy SSL certificate refresh

**URL:** <https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-force-caddy-ssl-certificate-refresh/13141>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** snap\
**Created:** [January 29, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-force-caddy-ssl-certificate-refresh/13141 "2022-01-29T21:35:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdv00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@jdv00](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/jdv00)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-force-caddy-ssl-certificate-refresh/13141/2 "2022-01-30T22:41:15Z")

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For anyone else who gets to this issue, one workaround:

```auto
snap stop rocketchat-server.rocketchat-caddy

# in /root/snap/rocketchat-server/current
mv .caddy .caddy.bak

snap start rocketchat-server.rocketchat-caddy

```

this appears to force caddy to renew the cert

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