Traefik certificate setup fails to find the Netcup DNS zone
Pangolin setup on a Hetzner VPS is failing during automatic setup. A Netcup .de domain uses CloudDNS, and both the (@) and wildcard subdomain (*) have A records pointing to the VPS IP address. During the , Traefik tries to create a TXT record through the Netcup API, but Netcup returns an error saying the zone for the domain cannot be found.
Changing the polling interval and propagation wait time did not fix it. The Netcup API login works through the provided , so the failure appears to happen after login, around zone lookup or record creation.
Key points
- Pangolin is being set up on a Hetzner VPS.
- A Netcup .de domain points both the and wildcard subdomains to the VPS IP address.
- Traefik cannot create the needed TXT record through the Netcup API because it cannot find the domain zone.
- Changing polling and propagation timing did not solve the issue.
- The Netcup API login succeeds, so the credentials appear to work at least for .