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    Acme Letsencrypt is failing to verify manual DNS entry

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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by

      You hit issue to get the key you need to put in the entry. If you hit issue again you get another key.

      Hit issue, add the required TXT record to the zone, then hit renew.

      The whole scheme is really designed to use an automatic DNS TXT record update method. You will have to go through the manual process again before the certificate expires, since the key you place in the TXT record is not held long-term at let's encrypt.

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        yon
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        your try update to new version acme.sh-2.7.4. pfsense using old version.  ;)

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          yon
          last edited by

          I have encountered the same problem

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          • K
            kcactc
            last edited by

            Derelict - Any place to find info on the DNS auto-update process? That makes sense and if I have to renew these certs every 3 months, I prefer to automate. Thanks for the additional explanation.

            yon  - thanks!

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan
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              @kcactc:

              Derelict - Any place to find info on the DNS auto-update process? ….

              You mean the "DNS-NSupdate" method ?

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              • DerelictD
                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                last edited by

                There are a number of dynamic DNS providers in the Acme package.

                I had other reasons to run a local BIND server so I did this:

                https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/RFC2136_Dynamic_DNS

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                • GertjanG
                  Gertjan
                  last edited by

                  @Derelict:

                  I had other reasons to run a local BIND server so I did this:
                  https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/RFC2136_Dynamic_DNS

                  That was my starting point to.
                  Already had a bind9 server running some where on the net that knows about the domain name I'm using locally.
                  Used the same bind9 + RFC2136 so a host.domaine points already to the always changing IPv4.
                  Now it also works with the acme package using the "DNS-NSupdate" method.
                  Pure magic.

                  No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                  Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    yon
                    last edited by

                    just update from https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/releases

                    pfsense use old VER=2.6.7 version now

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                      @yon:

                      just update from https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/releases

                      pfsense use old VER=2.6.7 version now

                      DO NOT update ACME files manually from github. That is a terrible suggestion. If you manually copy over something from there, you will clobber local changes and you'll definitely break at least the nsupdate method, if not others. There is a PR we're looking at to update ACME but we're focused on 2.4-RELEASE at the moment.

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                        yon
                        last edited by

                        @jimp:

                        @yon:

                        just update from https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/releases

                        pfsense use old VER=2.6.7 version now

                        DO NOT update ACME files manually from github. That is a terrible suggestion. If you manually copy over something from there, you will clobber local changes and you'll definitely break at least the nsupdate method, if not others. There is a PR we're looking at to update ACME but we're focused on 2.4-RELEASE at the moment.

                        I have no other better way, so I am looking for a temporary solution.After the update, it looks like it works right now.

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Your probably is highly unlikely to be related to this subject, and your suggestion is also not relevant. If you want to hack up your own firewall, feel free, but do not suggest others repeat your mistakes.

                          Locking this thread since it has been solved and is deviating from the original topic.

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