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Error with Lightsail SSL/TLS

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Hey everyone,

I have an instance on my Lightsail account and I'm using the new "Set up your wordpress website" option, and I'm doing everything right (to the best of my knowledge) but when I get to the end I get this error...

"We encountered an error while configuring the Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate on your instance WebsitesForRoofers in the eu-west-1 Region. Try again later. 1 DNS records not found. Verify your IPv4 and IPv6 values are correct and try again."

I've created my A (using Static IP) and AAAA (using Public IPv6 address) DNS records on my domain registrar, so I'm unsure what's going on, I understand propagation can take up to 24 hours but I've never had this issue before, also it's my first time using the "Set up your Wordpress website" option.

Can anyone share some guidance if i'm doing something wrong? Or if I should just wait a bit longer, be great if there was a tool to check if things were set up correctly

Thanks, Luke

  • I encountered this today as well for my site. Was there a resolution to your error? Please let me know what worked. Thanks,

  • I encountered this today as well. Was there a resolution?

  • Have you tried the commands mentioned here below and also waited until DNS propagates?

  • I am also getting this. I am using the get started link, instructions. It seems this needs looking into. I suspect the answer below about 'waiting' will resolve the issue. Following simple instructions results in errors, so lets make simple = simple pls.

asked 2 years ago2K views

5 Answers
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Hey,

This is happening as SailPoint created DNS zone is different then your global DNS zone (managed by Route 53). Go to LightSail >> Domain and DNS >> Under Details Locate Edit Name Servers >> Use Light sail Name Servers >> Save

And that's it! Go back and try to add SSL/TLS certificate. This should work now. Would suggest to take backup of existing name servers. Thanks!

answered a year ago

  • By SailPoint above, do you mean Lightsail?

  • @AWS-SUM yes, he means Lightsail. I followed his instructions and it worked. It took 2 attempts after updating the Name Servers, so it probably requires a few minutes to take effect even after it's done loading. Thanks!

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Hi,

The DNS records get confirmed as part of verification during the SSL/TLS certificate generation by LetsEncrypt. If the TTL on the records and their time to propagate can be as long as 24 hours - then that likely is why the SetUp is unable to verify them at present. Waiting a while should help.

You could also try running commands to confirm the DNS propagation of those records yourself (though what you see and what LetsEncrypt sees can still be out of sync until the records are globally propagated)

Example commands -

dig A <insert_domain_name>

// check if response returns the Static IP address correctly

dig AAAA <insert_domain_name>

// check if response returns the IPv6 address correctly

Thanks.

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answered 2 years ago

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I am getting the same issue. This is yet another blocker in what is suggested to be a simple process. Can I suggest that more detail is put into the AWS instructions. Seems it take a step, wait a day, take another step, wait a day... So far creating my word press site with lightsail is now into the weeks.

answered 2 years ago

  • Having the same issue currently. The domain is made, and I followed all steps based on aws documentation. Did your error end up resolving after 24 hours like is suggested above?

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I have created two different instances using Lightstail to replicate the process and have the same issues.

answered a year ago

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I had this error when using cloudflare for DNS and had the A and AAAA record's proxy status ON. Turned it off and the Lightsail error went away.

answered a year ago

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