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Hello im installing a VPS on Hostinger and im using webmin/virtualmin im recieving the bellow error. any guidance will be apreciated.

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Renewing an existing certificate for imaginecloud.tech and *.imaginecloud.tech

Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: manual). The Certificate Authority reported these problems:
Domain: imaginecloud.tech
Type: dns
Detail: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.imaginecloud.tech - check that a DNS record exists for this domain

Hint: The Certificate Authority failed to verify the DNS TXT records created by the --manual-auth-hook. Ensure that this hook is functioning correctly and that it waits a sufficient duration of time for DNS propagation. Refer to "certbot --help manual" and the Certbot User Guide.

Some challenges have failed.
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

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After you created the TXT record in your DNS zone how long did you wait before proceeding in Certbot? You just may need to wait longer.

Use a tool like https://unboundtest.com to check whether the TXT record has synced among all the Hostinger DNS auth servers.

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actually i didnt change any txt record, the manual says only to change the A record

wath values a TXT record need to let me do this?

and yes, i redirect my domain just a couple of hours ago

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It shouldn't have. Your first post shows a DNS Challenge which needs a TXT record. You were also requesting a wildcard cert which requires a DNS Challenge (as opposed to an HTTP or TLS-ALPN challenge).

I guess walk through the steps again and if it asks you to modify an A record please post that here. Or, post a link to the manual you refer to that says that.

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here is

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Yes, those are instructions to allow connections to your VPS from the public internet.

But, the way to get a cert to enable HTTPS is a different thing.

Your error message says the manual-auth-hook didn't work. What did you specify for that?

Can you just show the entire Certbot command you tried?

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