Question
Issue with Waiting for HTTP-01 challenge propagation: failed to perform self check GET request from ACME challenges
- Posted on May 20, 2021
- KubernetesNginxLet's Encrypt
Asked by GabrielLNBarros
I’ve been stuck on this issue for a while now, and even though this is a common issue, I can’t seem to figure it out why the fixes proposed here (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-do-i-correct-a-connection-timed-out-error-during-http-01-challenge-propagation-with-cert-manager) do not work for me.
Here’s my manifests:
nginx-service.yaml
code
kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx
annotations:
# See https://github.com/digitalocean/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager/blob/master/docs/controllers/services/examples/README.md#accessing-pods-over-a-managed-load-balancer-from-inside-the-cluster
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-hostname: “kube.mydomain.com”
namespace: ingress-nginx
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
spec:
externalTrafficPolicy: Local
type: LoadBalancer
selector:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
ports:
- name: http
port: 80
targetPort: http
- name: https
port: 443
targetPort: https
cluster-issuer.yaml
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1 kind: ClusterIssuer metadata: name: letsencrypt-cluster-issuer spec: acme: server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory email: myemail@email.com privateKeySecretRef: name: letsencrypt-cluster-issuer-key solvers: - http01: ingress: class: nginx
certificate.yaml
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1 kind: Certificate metadata: name: echo-cert namespace: default spec: dnsNames: - my.domain.com secretName: echo-tls issuerRef: name: letsencrypt-cluster-issuer kind: ClusterIssuer
The url provided by the challenge is accessible via browser and wget, so I'm assuming the issue is with the network within the cluster. Does anyone know how do I fix this issue?This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.
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Hello Gabriel, I ran into the same issue today.
First, I assume that my.domain.com in the dnsNames of the certificate is a typo. I would have used : kube.mydomain.com
As I installed DigitalOcean “NGINX Ingress Controller” from the 1-Click Apps, I already had the two first annotations below. I only had to add the last line to make it work: service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-hostname: “kube.mydomain.com”
The difference I can see in your configuration is the lack of second annotation: service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-enable-proxy-protocol: “true”
Here’s a good article explaining this step: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-nginx-ingress-with-cert-manager-on-digitalocean-kubernetes
I hope it helps.
Finally, until things work I suggest using the staging Let’s Encript url https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory instead of the production one.
More information about this here : https://medium.com/flant-com/cert-manager-lets-encrypt-ssl-certs-for-kubernetes-7642e463bbce
“Let’s Encrypt imposes fairly strict limits on requests to ACME servers. To avoid unnecessary load on LE’s production environment, we recommend using the letsencrypt-staging certificate for testing (the difference is in the ACME server only).”