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My domain is: herjim.com.mx

I ran this command: Virtualmin LetsEncrypt module

It produced this output:

In domain herjim.com.mx
Requesting a certificate for herjim.com.mx, herjim.mx, *.herjim.com.mx from Let's Encrypt ..
.. request failed : Web-based validation failed : Wildcard hostname *.herjim.com.mx can only be validated in DNS mode DNS-based validation failed :
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator manual, Installer None
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
dns-01 challenge for herjim.com.mx
dns-01 challenge for herjim.mx
Waiting for verification...
Cleaning up challenges
Failed authorization procedure. herjim.com.mx (dns-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized :: The client lacks sufficient authorization :: No TXT record found at _acme-challenge.herjim.com.mx, herjim.mx (dns-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized :: The client lacks sufficient authorization :: Incorrect TXT record "zoho-verification=zb14260135.zmverify.zoho.com" found at _acme-challenge.herjim.mx
IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • The following errors were reported by the server:
    Domain: herjim.com.mx
    Type: unauthorized
    Detail: No TXT record found at _acme-challenge.herjim.com.mx
    Domain: herjim.mx
    Type: unauthorized
    Detail: Incorrect TXT record
    "zoho-verification=zb14260135.zmverify.zoho.com" found at
    _acme-challenge.herjim.mx
    To fix these errors, please make sure that your domain name was
    entered correctly and the DNS A/AAAA record(s) for that domain
    contain(s) the right IP address.

My web server is (include version): Apache version 2.4.29

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):Ubuntu Linux 18.04.4

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: Digital Ocean VPS

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):
virtualmin 6.14, webmin 1.962

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):
certbot 0.31.0

Don't know how to get the values for the requested TXT DNS records, or what to do.

#2

Step one:
Remove/replace the wildcard TXT record entry:

nslookup -q=txt _acme-challenge.herjim.mx
_acme-challenge.herjim.mx       canonical name = herjim.mx
herjim.mx       text =        "zoho-verification=zb14260135.zmverify.zoho.com"

nslookup -q=txt badname12345xyz.herjim.mx
badname12345xyz.herjim.mx       canonical name = herjim.mx
herjim.mx       text =        "zoho-verification=zb14260135.zmverify.zoho.com"

No matter what the TXT request is, the answer is always the same.

In short: The wildcard CNAME TXT entry may be overriding the new TXT entry (which may have been created correctly - hard to say as is configured)

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#3

Zoho is my email service and need these 2 TXT DNS.

#4

Can you replace it with something less WILD?

#5

According to their own documentation:

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You shouldn't be using * for entry.

#6

Even the CNAME method makes no mention of using *
It specifically uses a single name in the CNAME field:

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You seem to have combined the CNAME and TXT instructions and also added * into it.

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