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## Troubleshooting failing authorizations
The first two things to do in case of failing authorization are to run the **letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion** container with the environment variable `DEBUG=true` to enable the more detailed error messages, and to [request test certificates](./Let's-Encrypt-and-ACME.md#test-certificates) while troubleshooting the issue.
The first two things to do in case of failing authorization are to run the **letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion** container with the environment variable `DEBUG=1` to enable the more detailed error messages, and to [request test certificates](./Let's-Encrypt-and-ACME.md#test-certificates) while troubleshooting the issue.
Common causes of of failing authorizations:
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The challenge files are automatically cleaned up **after** the authorization process, wether it succeeded or failed, so trying to `curl` them from the outside won't yeld any result. You can however create a test file inside the same folder and use it to test the challenge files reachability from the outside (over both IPv4 and IPv6 if you want to use the latter):
When not in debug mode, the challenge files are automatically cleaned up **after** the authorization process, wether it succeeded or failed, so trying to `curl` them from the outside if you didn't enable debug mode won't yeld any result. If don't want to enable debug mode, you can however create a test file inside the same folder and use it to test the challenge files reachability from the outside (over both IPv4 and IPv6 if you want to use the latter):
```
you@remotedockerhost$ docker exec your-le-container bash -c 'echo "Hello world!" > /usr/share/nginx/html/.well-known/acme-challenge/hello-world'
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Hello world!
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If you have issues with the [advanced setup](./Advanced-usage.md), fallback to the [basic setup](./Basic-usage.md). The advanced setup is not meant to be obligatory.
If you have issues with the [advanced setup](./Advanced-usage.md), fall back to the [basic setup](./Basic-usage.md). The advanced setup is not meant to be obligatory.