bbb-install.sh with option -x fails

[IgelEiHarry]

Hi,

we try to install BBB current version on a local server (not reachable from the internet) with option -x to be able to do a manual DNS challange. 

But the script ends up with the following error (each time we try):

Please deploy a DNS TXT record under the name:

_acme-challenge.<servername>.

with the following value:

<key>

Before continuing, verify the TXT record has been deployed. Depending on the DNS
provider, this may take some time, from a few seconds to multiple minutes. You can
check if it has finished deploying with aid of online tools, such as the Google
Admin Toolbox: https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/dig/#TXT/_acme-challenge.ubuntu05.splend-it.de.
Look for one or more bolded line(s) below the line ';ANSWER'. It should show the
value(s) you've just added.

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Press Enter to ContinueAn unexpected error occurred:
EOFError
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org.

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So this error occurs BEFORE we can press Enter. It seems the script is not waiting for user input at this point and throws the Error right away.

Best regards,

Harry

[Jean Pluzo]

Hi,

so, if I understood this correctly you're trying to validate a certificate from certbot on a server that has... no internet connection?

I don't think this is going to work. 
A better approach (which some of us have tried) is to make a certificate yourself and add it to the certificates in ubuntu. The steps are more or less:

- Become a CA (certificate authority, only for yourself).

- Request a certificate to your CA.

- Approve it/sign it

- Get certificate and install/configure it in your BBB/Ubuntu server as well as on your clients (Firefox, Chrome, etc.).

Regards,

J.

[IgelEiHarry]

Hi,

the server has of course an internet connection but it is not reachable by his name from the internet (like any other host that resides in a local intranet). 

Thats why we do the manual DNS challange. And this always worked properly for older BBB-versions.

Maybe there is a bug in the bbb-install.sh script? 

Best regards,

Harry