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I'm trying to get a docker-compose running on my home server with a step-ca and traefik service and ran into the following problem. When I start the the service, then I get the error message: "The server could not connect to validation target" from the step-ca service:
What is meant by this and where do I have the error ? THX Chris Initialization step-ca Instance
docker-compose.yml:
ca.json:
acme.json
log-file:
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The In your case the requested domains are I think the problem is due to DNS not being resolved correctly. I think Here's an example of someone else using |
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The
"The server could not connect to validation target"
error is the result of the CA not being able to contact the system that requested a certificate for one or more DNS names or IPs.In your case the requested domains are
zeus.lan
andtraefik-0-core
. In order to verify the requesting system, an ACME server will challenge the system by contacting it via HTTP, HTTPS or check a DNS record. For this to be successful, the ACME server must know wherezeus.lan
andtraefik-0-core
reside on the network and be able to route to it (if not challenged by DNS, which is probably true in this case). Things that can be in the way include DNS, firewalls or misconfigured IP routing.I think the problem i…