Getting error as NXDOMAIN looking up A for

[kranthi_851]

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My domain is: sonar.girmiti.com

I ran this command:./certbot-auto --apache

It produced this output:Failed authorization procedure. www.sonar.girmiti.com (http-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:dns :: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up A for www.sonar.girmiti.com
Log which I am getting:
2018-07-17 22:29:00,266:DEBUG:certbot.error_handler:Calling registered functions
2018-07-17 22:29:00,266:INFO:certbot.auth_handler:Cleaning up challenges
2018-07-17 22:29:00,757:DEBUG:certbot.log:Exiting abnormally:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/bin/letsencrypt”, line 11, in
load_entry_point(‘letsencrypt==0.7.0’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘letsencrypt’)()
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/main.py”, line 1364, in main
return config.func(config, plugins)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/main.py”, line 1124, in run
certname, lineage)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/main.py”, line 120, in _get_and_save_cert
lineage = le_client.obtain_and_enroll_certificate(domains, certname)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/client.py”, line 391, in obtain_and_enroll_certificate
cert, chain, key, _ = self.obtain_certificate(domains)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/client.py”, line 334, in obtain_certificate
orderr = self._get_order_and_authorizations(csr.data, self.config.allow_subset_of_names)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/client.py”, line 370, in _get_order_and_authorizations
authzr = self.auth_handler.handle_authorizations(orderr, best_effort)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/auth_handler.py”, line 82, in handle_authorizations
self._respond(aauthzrs, resp, best_effort)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/auth_handler.py”, line 155, in _respond
self._poll_challenges(aauthzrs, chall_update, best_effort)
File “/opt/eff.org/certbot/venv/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/certbot/auth_handler.py”, line 226, in _poll_challenges
raise errors.FailedChallenges(all_failed_achalls)
certbot.errors.FailedChallenges: Failed authorization procedure. www.sonar.girmiti.com (http-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:dns :: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up A for www.sonar.girmiti.com

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):CentOS release 6.10 (Final)

Please try to sort it out.It’s emergency.

[schoen]

Hi @kranthi_851,

These names sonar.girmiti.com and www.sonar.girmiti.com really don’t exist in DNS. Could they be private or internal names? You can only use --apache to issue certificates for hostnames that are publicly visible in DNS.

[danb35]

@kranthi_851

NXDOMAIN looking up A for www.sonar.girmiti.com

You don't have published DNS records for www.sonar.girmiti.com, so you won't be able to get a cert for that name until you do.

[kranthi_851]

@kranthi_851

certbot-auto --apache

If I execute the ./certbot --apache, i am getting this error.
-bash: ./certbot: No such file or directory

[kranthi_851]

Could you please suggest me to solve this,since I am for the first time i am generating. Please explain me a step to step.I kindly request you.

[schoen]

Your problem has nothing to do with Certbot or Let’s Encrypt. In order to have a site available under a particular name, that name has to be published in the Domain Name System so that, when other computers on the Internet ask about it, they receive its IP address. This is the responsibility of whoever manages DNS settings for the domain girmiti.com and must be done first before you begin trying to get a certificate. Currently the name sonar.girmiti.com does not exist at all and does not point to any particular server’s IP address.