Certbot failed to authenticate domain

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My domain is: www.aisearching.online

I ran this command: sudo certbot --nginx -d aisearching.online -d www.aisearching.online

It produced this output:
Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: nginx). The Certificate Authority reported these problems:

  • Domain: www.aisearching.online*
  • Type: dns*
  • Detail: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up A for www.aisearching.online - check that a DNS record exists for this domain; DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up AAAA for www.aisearching.online - check that a DNS record exists for this domain*

Hint: The Certificate Authority failed to verify the temporary nginx configuration changes made by Certbot. Ensure the listed domains point to this nginx server and that it is accessible from the internet.

Some challenges have failed.

My web server is (include version): nginx version: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know): yes

I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel): no

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot): certbot 1.21.0

I've just added an A type dns record at Google Domains if that helps and I've been following this instruction page https://www.slingacademy.com/article/how-to-deploy-a-next-js-app-on-ubuntu-with-nginx-and-lets-encrypt/

Also for the www subdomain?

Because currently I cannot see it: www.aisearching.online | DNSViz

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Ok got it. I hadn't appreciated that. I will give it a try.

Thank you very much.

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That's done it. Thank you so much.

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