Cant force HTTP challenge

root@jaga:~# ee cli info
±------------------±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS | Linux 4.4.0-145-generic #171-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 26 12:43:40 UTC 2019 x86_64 |
| Shell | /bin/bash |
| PHP binary | /usr/bin/php7.2 |
| PHP version | 7.2.17-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+3 |
| php.ini used | /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini |
| EE root dir | phar://ee.phar |
| EE vendor dir | phar://ee.phar/vendor |
| EE phar path | /root |
| EE packages dir | |
| EE global config | /opt/easyengine/config/config.yml |
| EE project config | |
| EE version | 4.0.12 |
±------------------±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

ee config set preferred_ssl_challenge http

ee site create www.foo.com --ssl=le --wildcard

“ee site create” ignore “config set preferred_ssl_challenge http”, forcing the use of DNS challenge.

is it possible to force the use of HTTP challenge through some other way?
can anybody help me? thank you