DNS secondary validation failed

Greetings All!

I am trying to generate an SSL cert for a Nextcloud server and keep running into this DNS issue. My domain is hosted with Google, and I am using their Dynamic DNS to keep my A record updated (which is working correctly). Pingdom (dnscheck.pingdom.com) does not report any errors with this record. Any help is greatly appreciated!

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My domain is:
cloud.bickersfamily.com

I ran this command:
certbot certonly -a webroot -w /usr/local/www/nextcloud -d cloud.bickersfamily.com

It produced this output:
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator webroot, Installer None
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for cloud.bickersfamily.com
Using the webroot path /usr/local/www/nextcloud for all unmatched domains.
Waiting for verification…
Challenge failed for domain cloud.bickersfamily.com
http-01 challenge for cloud.bickersfamily.com
Cleaning up challenges
Some challenges have failed.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

My web server is (include version):
nginx/1.16.1

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p7 (running as a Nextcloud jail on FreeNAS 11.3-U1)

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
Myself, home-based FreeNAS server

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 1.3.0

I’m having the same issue.

https://letsdebug.net/ says it’s tied to the current planned maintenance window.

Hi @acropolis

read

Same problem.

and your same incorrect advice! Woohoo!

I was able to finally get a cert issued. Looks like it was the planned maintenance after all. Thanks for all of the input. :slight_smile:

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