A lot of times I've seen questions about how this works when you have multiple nodes or a CDN, it can be quite tricky in theory if you have random IPs or several IPs.
The way certbot works at least for non-DNS challenges is that it will hit a random server that it resolves to, you have no control over which one it hits.
If certbot hits node 1 at first to tell it to create the well-known file, then checks node 2 or any other node, you will find auhorization fails.........
When you automount a drive in /etc/fstab even if it's not important like an external drive that you only use sometimes and is not required for booting, it will prevent a successfuly boot.
If you disable quiet mode for booting you will see something like below "A start job is running for dev-disk ...."
How do we fix an fstab entry from preventi........
I've run into two issues with Lantronix based KVMs on various servers and here's how I solved them (with that said I like these units as they are Java based and OS independent and work very well, unike some other models like Startech).
1.) If you are connected by USB only and you're sure USB support from the BIOS is enabled, you just need to click the following in Lantronix
Interfaces -> Keyboard/Mouse
Check "Force USB Full Speed Mode", this fixed the issu........