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Error: "The server could not connect to validation target\". #1002

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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 and traefik-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 where zeus.lan and traefik-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…

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