Title: Secure connection error
Last modified: December 20, 2018

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# Secure connection error

 *  [codeforweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeforweb/)
 * (@codeforweb)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/secure-connection-error/)
 * I have this error being displayed on my WordPress Dashboard “r occurred. Something
   may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue
   to have problems, please try the support forums. (WordPress could not establish
   a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.)
   in /var/www/html/webster/wp-includes/update.php on line 348”
 * Can someone help me with this? 🙁

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/secure-connection-error/#post-11014701)
 * How are you hosting your site?
 * Please install the plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check).
   You’ll probably have to do so manually. Once it’s installed and active, report
   back with the contents of the debug tab.
 *  Thread Starter [codeforweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeforweb/)
 * (@codeforweb)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/secure-connection-error/#post-11028744)
 * Before reading your post I was browsing through different posts and was trying
   to resolve the above mentioned error message and I have ended up in a blank page
   error that says[I had disabled the firewall service]
 * “This site can’t be reached 10.20.0.16 refused to connect.
    Search Google for
   admin plugins ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED”
 * I’m also unable to restart my httpd service, and when I check the status for 
   httpd I get this message
 * [root@webserver ~]# service httpd status
    Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status
   httpd.service ● httpd.service – The Apache HTTP Server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/
   systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed(
   Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-12-26 22:23:37 PST; 30min ago Docs: man:httpd(
   8) man:apachectl(8) Process: 16967 ExecStop=/bin/kill -WINCH ${MAINPID} (code
   =exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 1138 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -
   k graceful (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 16965 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/
   httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 16965 (
   code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 * Dec 26 22:23:37 webserver.abc.com systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server…
   
   Dec 26 22:23:37 webserver.abc.com systemd[1]: httpd.service: main process exited,
   code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dec 26 22:23:37 webserver.abc.com kill[16967]: 
   kill: cannot find process “” Dec 26 22:23:37 webserver.abc.com systemd[1]: httpd.
   service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Dec 26 22:23:37 webserver.
   abc.com systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. Dec 26 22:23:37 webserver.
   abc.com systemd[1]: Unit httpd.service entered failed state. Dec 26 22:23:37 
   webserver. abc.com systemd[1]: httpd.service failed.
 * Do you have any idea what might have gone wrong?
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/secure-connection-error/#post-11029989)
 * try typing
 * `httpd -S` and also try looking at the system logs for the httpd unit
 * [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-journalctl-to-view-and-manipulate-systemd-logs](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-journalctl-to-view-and-manipulate-systemd-logs)
 * This is beyond the scope of WordPress support. I suggest you check the support
   mailing lists (or other support resources) for your operating system.
 *  Thread Starter [codeforweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeforweb/)
 * (@codeforweb)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/secure-connection-error/#post-11033743)
 * I guess SSL was the issue,I tried to switch SSL engine off in the /etc/httpd/
   conf.d/ssl.conf and I was able to go back to website without “ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED”
   error.
 * But the above mentioned error i.e., “Something may be wrong with WordPress.org
   or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try 
   the support forums. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.
   org. Please contact your server administrator.) in /var/www/html/webster/wp-includes/
   update.php on line 348” still exists!!
 * I will now try to manually download the Health Plugin and check.

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## Tags

 * [Secure Connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/secure-connection/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [codeforweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeforweb/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/secure-connection-error/#post-11033743)
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