DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in

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My domain is: certbot.ykinnosoft.in

I ran this command: sudo certbot -i apache -a manual --preferred-challenges dns -d ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in

It produced this output:Failed authorization procedure. ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in (dns-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:dns :: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in

My web server is:- (Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM))

The operating system my web server runs on is:- (“Amazon Linux”)

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:

I can login to a root shell on my machine:-(yes)

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

The version of my client is:- (certbot 0.31.0)

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Hi @Naidu369

where did you create the required TXT entries?

There ( https://check-your-website.server-daten.de/?q=ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in )

Host T IP-Address is auth. ∑ Queries ∑ Timeout
ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in Name Error yes 1 0
www.ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in Name Error yes 1 0

9. TXT - Entries

No TXT entries found

is nothing. A-records are not required, but there is no TXT entry visible. Same checking certbot.ykinnosoft.in.

Perhaps share a screenshot to see, which entries you have created.

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Your main domain has A-records ( https://check-your-website.server-daten.de/?q=ykinnosoft.in ):

Host T IP-Address is auth. ∑ Queries ∑ Timeout
ykinnosoft.in A 103.24.202.187 yes 1 0
AAAA yes
www.ykinnosoft.in A 103.24.202.187 yes 1 0
AAAA yes

But it’s the same - no required TXT entries.

9. TXT - Entries

Domainname TXT Entry Status ∑ Queries ∑ Timeout
ykinnosoft.in v=spf1 include:zoho.com ~all ok 1 0
ykinnosoft.in zoho-verification=zb15287225.zmverify.zoho.com ok 1 0
www.ykinnosoft.in ok 1 0
_acme-challenge.ykinnosoft.in Name Error - The domain name does not exist 1 0
_acme-challenge.www.ykinnosoft.in Name Error - The domain name does not exist 1 0

Only two TXT entries (SPF and zoho).

If you want to create a certificate with ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in as domain name, you have to create a TXT entry with the name

_acme-challenge.ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in
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Where i have to create a TXT entry with the name

_[acme-challenge.ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in](http://acme-challenge.ssh.certbot.ykinnosoft.in/)

where should i deploy the txt doc???
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You have to do that in your dns settings.

Your dns provider may be bigrock.in:

Domain	Nameserver	NS-IP
www.ykinnosoft.in
	•  dns1.bigrock.in / 67m30
		•
ykinnosoft.in
	•  dns1.bigrock.in / 67m31
	162.251.82.250	•
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