From 2da94f1462e3cd38c7250f2c8aefb3ff271b4ada Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Vieira Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:23:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify how to test that the DNS Lookup is working (#133) Reasoning: Unless you specify that you're looking for a TXT record, you will not get the answer from the DNS server --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f202169..28d1d37 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ $ curl -X POST \ Note: The `txt` field must be exactly 43 characters long, otherwise acme-dns will reject it -4) Perform a DNS lookup to the test subdomain to confirm that everything is working properly: +4) Perform a DNS lookup to the test subdomain to confirm the updated TXT record is being served: ``` -$ dig @auth.example.org d420c923-bbd7-4056-ab64-c3ca54c9b3cf.auth.example.org +$ dig -t txt @auth.example.org d420c923-bbd7-4056-ab64-c3ca54c9b3cf.auth.example.org ``` ## Configuration