I entered the TXT record I received from Free SSL Certificate into the DNS Active Directory. I waited 20 minutes for propagation and clicked next on the Free SSL Certificate to verify ownership. I receive an error "Incorrect TXT record “pnuTFTCWTcFcx961ybX1iHdq6JKdqwc124vRtobPz9g” found at _acme-cha…

I don’t think I understand what you mean? “That is the text that is online”?

Where did you put the TXT record? That’s pnuTDyCWTcFcx96YybX1iHdqWJKdqwcHA5vRtobPz9g the value that is visible. Is this your last value? Looks like you use the wrong place to create / change that TXT entry.

I created / changed the TXT entry in DNS Manager(Windows). Other New Record > Create TXT > Create Record > Record Name= _acme-challenge.summitstonehealth.org > Text= “Key generated from Free SSL Certificate Wizard” Does that make sense? You know far more about this than I do. Thank you

[image] Brain0030: I created / changed the TXT entry in DNS Manager(Windows). Other New Record > Create TXT > Create Record > Record Name= _acme-challenge.summitstonehealth.org > Text= “Key generated from Free SSL Certificate Wizard” You see: 12. TXT - Entries Domainname TXT Entry Status …

All I’m trying to do i verify ownership of the domain before I receive a Cert. Why am I getting the error “Incorrect TXT record “pnuTDyCWTcFcx96YybX1iHdqWJKdqwcHA5vRtobPz9g” found at _acme-challenge.summitstonehealth.org” ?

Hi @Brain0030 , Are you aware that the value you have to post is different every time? So if you started the process at one point and were told to post this value, but then started over again later on, you would be given a new value which you’d have to post instead of the original one. For example, …

[image] Brain0030: Why am I getting the error “Incorrect TXT record “pnuTDyCWTcFcx96YybX1iHdqWJKdqwcHA5vRtobPz9g” found at _acme-challenge.summitstonehealth.org” ? You are doing something completely wrong. Please share a screenshot. Your "DNS Active Directory" may be only a local DNS. But no…

I entered this value > 74fqi5H-aznjXJa_IVp3OkjA8760L90FV_1pfh3hD6E (waited 12 hours) and it returned an error for this value > “Incorrect TXT record “pnuTDyCWTcFcx96YybX1iHdqWJKdqwcHA5vRtobPz9g” found at _acme-challenge.summitstonehealth.org”

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