Lightsail Domain Stuck On "This domain is pending verification"

Question

I've spun up a Lightsail Wordpress instance and went through all the steps for setting it up. However, it has been stuck on "This domain is pending verification" for the last almost week.

On top of that, I am unable to get the SSL certificate working and I'm not sure if the pending domain is the culprit for that as well.

I've tried rebooting the instance, stopping and starting it, restarting the setup multiple times and I cannot get the domain to verify nor the SSL certificate established.

Are there any steps I've missed to troubleshooting this or does verification usually take this long?

Answer

Hello.

Please share the documentation you used for configuration.  
Normally, I don't think verifying an SSL certificate takes that much time.  
Where did you purchase your domain?

> I'm not sure if the pending domain is the culprit for that as well.

Pending means that the domain is not yet available.  
Can I check the NS record using the dig command?  
If you cannot check the NS record with the command below, the domain is not available or the NS record settings are incorrect.  
```
dig domain.com ns
```

Lightsail Domain Stuck On "This domain is pending verification"

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