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Inform user about common causes of invalid let's encrypt order status #290

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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion src/acme.rs
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use anyhow::{Context, anyhow};
use axum::{Router, extract::Path, routing::get};
use instant_acme::{
Account, AccountCredentials, ChallengeType, Identifier, LetsEncrypt, NewAccount, NewOrder,
RetryPolicy,
OrderStatus, RetryPolicy,
};
use serde::Deserialize;
use tokio::{
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}

let status = validation_result?;
if status == OrderStatus::Invalid {
return Err(anyhow!(
"Domain validation failed. The ACME server could not verify ownership of '{domain}'. \
Common causes: DNS not pointing to this server, a firewall blocking port 80, \
or the wrong domain name was used. Please fix the issue and try again."
));
}
info!("Domain validation complete, order status: {status:?}");

// Domain validated; finalizing order and retrieving the certificate.
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