Getting SSL for Domain pointing with A record to hestiacp server

[masdatli]

Hi I have a domain at a registrar using the registrars dns, which I pointed using an A record to the hestiacp server. But when I try to get a let’s Encrypt SSL certificate I get the following error: “Error: DNS record for www.papill.online doesn’t exist”.

How can I fix this?

[sahsanu]

Hello @masdatli,

Could you please run these commands and show the output?

nslookup www.papill.online
nslookup www.papill.online 1.1.1.1

Cheers,
sahsanu

[sahsanu]

Seems you finally issued the certificate

CRT ID       CERT TYPE   DOMAIN (CN)    KEY ALG      VALID FROM             VALID TO               EXPIRES IN  SANs                                 
10329746609  Final cert  papill.online  RSA 4096bit  2023-Sep-08 18:48 UTC  2023-Dec-07 18:48 UTC  89 days     papill.online                        
                                                                                                               www.papill.online 

And you are using it in your site:

$ : | openssl s_client -connect www.papill.online:443 -servername www.papill.online 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -issuer -ext subjectAltName -dates
issuer=C = US, O = Let's Encrypt, CN = R3
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: 
    DNS:papill.online, DNS:www.papill.online
notBefore=Sep  8 18:48:41 2023 GMT
notAfter=Dec  7 18:48:40 2023 GMT

Let us know what was the issue and how you solved it so other users could learn in case they have the same issue.

Cheers,
sahsanu

[masdatli]

Hi, yes thank you so much for your response. I managed to get a letsencrypt certificate after I set the nameservers correct in the dns. At least that is what I think fixed it.