Certbot powerdns plugin unrecognized arguments

[dacrud]

Hi

Im trying to use the powerdns certbot plugin (certbot-dns-powerdns · PyPI) to grab a wildcard cert. The plugin shows its installed:

certbot --version

certbot 2.5.0

certbot plugins --text

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

---

• dns-powerdns
  Description: Obtain certificates using a DNS TXT record (if you are using
  PowerDNS for DNS.)
  Interfaces: Authenticator, Plugin
  Entry point: dns-powerdns = certbot_dns_powerdns.dns_powerdns:Authenticator

• standalone
  Description: Runs an HTTP server locally which serves the necessary validation
  files under the /.well-known/acme-challenge/ request path. Suitable if there is
  no HTTP server already running. HTTP challenge only (wildcards not supported).
  Interfaces: Authenticator, Plugin
  Entry point: standalone = certbot._internal.plugins.standalone:Authenticator

• webroot
  Description: Saves the necessary validation files to a
  .well-known/acme-challenge/ directory within the nominated webroot path. A
  seperate HTTP server must be running and serving files from the webroot path.
  HTTP challenge only (wildcards not supported).
  Interfaces: Authenticator, Plugin
  Entry point: webroot = certbot._internal.plugins.webroot:Authenticator

---

But whenever I try to run anything with the options it keeps saying unrecognized arguments:

certbot --authenticator certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns --certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns-credentials ~/pdns-credentials.ini certonly

usage:
certbot [SUBCOMMAND] [options] [-d DOMAIN] [-d DOMAIN] ...

Certbot can obtain and install HTTPS/TLS/SSL certificates. By default,
it will attempt to use a webserver both for obtaining and installing the
certificate.
certbot: error: unrecognized arguments: --certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns-credentials /root/pdns-credentials.ini

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you

[dacrud]

If I just run with --authenticator it says plugin not installed:

certbot certonly --authenticator certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
The requested certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns plugin does not appear to be installed

[dacrud]

Using --authenticator dns-powerdns works but still can't find the option for the credentials:

certbot certonly --authenticator dns-powerdns --certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns-credentials /root/pdns-credentials.ini --preferred-challenges dns --debug-challenges -d *.customer2.fangfree.com -d customer2.fangfree.com --agree-tos --email hostmaster@customer2.fangfree.com

usage:
certbot [SUBCOMMAND] [options] [-d DOMAIN] [-d DOMAIN] ...

Certbot can obtain and install HTTPS/TLS/SSL certificates. By default,
it will attempt to use a webserver both for obtaining and installing the
certificate.
certbot: error: unrecognized arguments: --certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns-credentials /root/pdns-credentials.ini

[rg305]

certbot ... \
        --authenticator certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns  \
        --certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns-credentials ~/pdns-credentials.ini \
        certonly

[rg305]

Try:

certbot --authenticator 'dns-powerdns' \
--certbot-dns-powerdns:dns-powerdns-credentials '/root/pdns-credentials.ini' \
certonly \
--debug-challenges \
-d *.customer2.fangfree.com -d customer2.fangfree.com \
--agree-tos --email hostmaster@customer2.fangfree.com

and

certbot --authenticator 'dns-powerdns' \
--dns-powerdns-credentials '/root/pdns-credentials.ini' \
certonly \
--debug-challenges \
-d *.customer2.fangfree.com -d customer2.fangfree.com \
--agree-tos --email hostmaster@customer2.fangfree.com

[Osiris]

With modern Certbot versions, you shouldn't use the --plugin-name:plugin-options syntax any longer.

Just using --dns-powerdns-credentials should work indeed.