Adding Letsencrypt SSL certificate

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My domain is: simboti.co.za

I ran this command: sudo certbot -d $DOMAIN -d $WILDCARD --manual --preferred-challenges dns c
ertonly
and I did the _acme-challenge
and added the TXT files

It produced this output:
Waiting for verification…
Resetting dropped connection: acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
Cleaning up challenges
Failed authorization procedure. simboti.co.za (dns-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:dns :: DNS proble
m: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.simboti.co.za, simboti.co.za (dns-01): urn:ietf:param
s:acme:error:dns :: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.simboti.co.za

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • The following errors were reported by the server:

    Domain: simboti.co.za
    Type: None
    Detail: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for
    _acme-challenge.simboti.co.za

    Domain: simboti.co.za
    Type: None
    Detail: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for
    _acme-challenge.simboti.co.za
    bitnami@ip-172-26-3-35:~$ sudo certbot certificates
    Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

My web server is (include version): aws lightsail

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Hi @Simboti

looks like you have created the wrong entry ( https://check-your-website.server-daten.de/?q=simboti.co.za#txt ):

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za1126×430 15 KB

_acme-challenge.www.simboti.co.za looks good. But that's the name you need to create a certificate with www.simboti.co.za as domain name.

If you want to create a wildcard certificate with the main domain, you need two entries with

_acme-challenge.simboti.co.za

as domain name. There is nothing.

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I ave created two TXT RECORD with the correct values for the challenge, but it still gives me the error

Press Enter to Continue
Waiting for verification…
Resetting dropped connection: acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
Cleaning up challenges
Failed authorization procedure. simboti.co.za (dns-01): urn:ietf:params:acm
e:error:dns :: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.sim
boti.co.za, simboti.co.za (dns-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:dns :: DNS p
roblem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.simboti.co.za

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • The following errors were reported by the server:

    Domain: simboti.co.za
    Type: None
    Detail: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for
    _acme-challenge.simboti.co.za

    Domain: simboti.co.za
    Type: None
    Detail: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for
    _acme-challenge.simboti.co.za

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Then use the online tool to check, if both values are visible. If not, you're doing something wrong. Perhaps share a screenshot of your menu.

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