# Certbot manual using DNS **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 11, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-manual-using-dns/33854 "2017-05-11T20:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nunio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@Nunio](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Nunio)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-manual-using-dns/33854/1 "2017-05-11T20:20:43Z")
Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. My domain is: [private-server.mycompany.com](http://private-server.mycompany.com) I ran this command: certbot certonly --manual --test-cert --preferred-challenges dns It produced this output: Please deploy a DNS TXT record under the name \_acme-challenge.private-server.mycompany.com with the following value: … My operating system is (include version): Ubuntu 14 My web server is (include version): Apache 2.4 My hosting provider, if applicable, is: my company 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 ---
**Author:** ![Osiris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/839c29/32.png) [@Osiris](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Osiris)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-manual-using-dns/33854/2 "2017-05-11T20:41:52Z")
What is your question or problem? Is the instruction provided by `certbot` unclear? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-manual-using-dns/33854/3 "2017-06-10T20:52:07Z")
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