DNS challenge for ‘[domain.com]’ tested locally, found invalid.

  • Resolved rornatus

    (@rornatus)


    5 years, 2 months ago

    I’m having some trouble installing that appears to be more related to my hosting provider than to the plugin, but I’m not getting any help from them and so am hoping to get some pointers here. I purchased the premium wp-letsencrypt after having tried out the free version. I have a current ssl cert that I installed manually via the free version, but am now attempting to setup the premium plugin so it will auto renew.

    The first error is pretty self explanatory:
    ERROR: Could not automate the DNS verification process. Please check if your domain DNS is managed by your cPanel.

    You can manually add below DNS records (refer FAQ for video tutorial) and complete SSL installation.

    My DNS is managed by cpanel however, txt records are not! If I want to add a txt record I must use my host’s own dns manager. This explains the error, no big deal.

    I follow the instructions to manually add a txt DNS record given to me by my provider. This is where things go funny. If I add the following line as instructed by the plugin:

    Name: _acme-challenge.domain.com
    TTL: 60
    Type: TXT
    Value: [redacted]

    It will not propagate. If I add the following txt record, it will propagate in about 2 minutes:

    Name: @
    TTL: 60
    Type: TXT
    Value: [redacted]

    This isn’t an issue of “just wait 48 hours for it to propagate” as I have waited about 6 days now. And since I can add other txt records and they propagate immediately, I really am at a loss for what is happening here. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks!

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by rornatus.
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  • Plugin Author WP Encryption SSL

    (@gowebsmarty)

    @rornatus Since this is a support question related to premium plugin, Please use our direct email support by emailing the same to enquiries(at)gowebsmarty(dot)com

    @rornatus If possible, please let us know how did you solve this issue. I experiencing the same in a WordPress site. I’m using the WP Encryption Plugin.
    Thanks.

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