4/30/2024 0 Comments Setup plesk to use external dnsGo to your Plesk Panel, Home -> Subscriptions -> “domain-name” -> Websites & Domains DNS and make sure you enable as Primary. Such change will actually tell on DNS request, to look for “ _acme-challenge” on the other server location, where is running your website with DNS too.Ģ. In your Cloudflare DNS interface ( part of / ), make sure you have the following DNS entry: To address the issue of “Could not issue/renew Let’s Encrypt certificates” on the Plesk control panel, follow the steps below:ġ. Renewal of the following Let`s Encrypt certificates has failed: ** 'Lets Encrypt DOMAIN-NAME' ** Please log in to Plesk and renew the certificates listed below manually. Here is the typical email you get as Plesk administrator:Ĭould not renew Let`s Encrypt certificates for Administrator (login admin). This manual renewal process every 90 days is problematic and creates a risk for your site not having a valid certificate if renewal is overlooked. If you are using the Plesk control panel to host your website and Cloudflare (or a third-party DNS server such as Godaddy or Namesilo) for your DNS records & registrar, you may encounter the challenge of manually adding the DNS TXT record each time you need to issue or renew an Wildcard SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt. or Lets Encrypt auto renew with external DNS possible? or even at Wildcard SSL Certificate Auto Renewals not Working for Let’s Encrypt with External DNS Some complained at Cannot renew the certs of wildcard domains which DNS are managed by CloudFlare. Vikas tried to explain the solution, however, there are many peoples still unable to replicate, as the document is not very clear explaining the solution. In this tutorial, i will cover the most common issue and solution with Plesk and Let’s Encrypt Wildcard SSL. In case you don’t use Let’s Encrypt Wildcard SSL, the control panel (Plesk or cPanel) can easily do the SSL validation requirements and issue/auto-renew the certificate even if the DNS is external, due to simple file validation. There are multiple SSL certificate providers like: DigiCert, GeoTrust, Sectigo, Entrust, Thawte, Comodo, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, SSLs, Network Solutions, SSL2BUY, Gen Digital, RapidSSL, Comodo SSL, Thawte SSL123, but Let’s Encrypt is getting more popular due to inclusion for free in cPanel and Plesk, but even more, due to the free version of his Wildcard SSL. Let’s Encrypt SSL is a free SSL offered by Plesk and cPanel which can be optained with few clicks, for free.įor cPanel, the Auto SSL is the main location for server SSL management (WHM)įor Plesk, the most common way is SSL It! Extension (Admin Panel) SSL Providers There are many cases nowadays when a user is using Cloudflare External DNS for his domain.įeatures offered by Cloudflare (even on free plan) are very usefull and far more advanced (apart of DNS), therefore many users hosted on Plesk or cPanel uses Cloudflare, even if they actually have DNS management part of their server.ĭocs for Plesk External DNS Servers and How to Set Up Nameservers in a cPanel & WHM Environment
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