eris suggested we go to Debian 10.
I had the VPS host setup Debian-10 and tried again to install HestiaCP.
I added the command…
apt-get install ca-certificates
before trying to install HestiaCP.
Then I downloaded and installed with NO problems.
Thanks to member eris and the team at HestiaCP.
note: This install was mainly to fix a stuff-up caused by Centos CWPro panel.
I had used HestiaCP successfully elsewhere previously.
Maybe they should remove Debian-9 from the OS candidate list.
Oiler.