How to fix error: econoship.net: Domain could not be validated, error message: error type: urn:ietf:params:acme:error:dns, error detail: no valid A records found for econoship.net; no valid AAAA records found for econoship.net

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My domain is: econoship.net

I ran this command: I am trying to install a cert using cloudpanel. I have another 7 domains and they all worked meaning I could install a cert but not with econship.

It produced this output:econoship.net: Domain could not be validated, error message: error type: urn:ietf:params:acme:error:dns, error detail: no valid A records found for econoship.net; no valid AAAA records found for econoship.net

My web server is (include version): nginx version: nginx/1.21.4

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: vultr

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): cloudpanel

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

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That's a pretty clear error message, isn't it? There are no published DNS records for the domain in question. You'll need to fix that.

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The site resolves everywhere. Take a look at this: DNS Checker - DNS Check Propagation Tool.

The DNS records are:
www A. 149.28.25.43. 600. Default. OK
econoship.net A. 149.28.25.43. 600. Default. OK

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www.econoship.net is not econoship.net. The latter doesn't resolve anywhere, according to the same testing site:

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Thank you. I thought www with an ip A record would make it resolve to www.econoship.net. Should I add www.econoship.net that resolves to 149.28.25.43.

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Looks like you figured it out as both your registered name (econoship.net) and its www subdomain both have an IP address now.

You probably were not using the correct format for the IP address in your DNS control panel. My guess is that your second entry created a DNS record of econoship.net.econoship.net instead. Possibly because of the missing period after the name. I also guess you got instructions from your DNS provider.

In any case, I see you just got a cert for both names so you must have sorted it out.

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Thank you very much. All sorted.

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