Unable to set TXT record to domain in Freenom prov

Question

I would like to enable SSL for my domain assigned to the wordpress in Azure. My domain is created in Freenom. To finish the process I need to manually verify the domain from Azure:

Azure Domain Verification

Then I created TXT record in my domain in Freenom:

Freenom provider settings

But the TXT record is not created:

$ dig nemoz.ml TXT

; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-61.el7 <<>> nemoz.ml TXT
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29489
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; MBZ: 0005 , udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;nemoz.ml.          IN  TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:
nemoz.ml.       5   IN  CNAME   nemoz.azurewebsites.net.
nemoz.azurewebsites.net. 5  IN  CNAME   waws-prod-am2-203.sip.azurewebsites.windows.net.
waws-prod-am2-203.sip.azurewebsites.windows.net. 5 IN CNAME waws-prod-am2-203.cloudapp.net.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
cloudapp.net.       5   IN  SOA prd1.azuredns-cloud.net. msnhst.microsoft.com.cloudapp.net. 2110897293 900 300 604800 60

;; Query time: 299 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.47.2#53(192.168.47.2)
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 02 16:56:54 EDT 2018
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 250

And I am not able to verify the domain from Azure. I tried many configurations in Freenom, using networking tools, and searched many web pages. And nothing working. Can you please help me find the problem?

Answer 1

It works! I removed CNAMEs from Freenom and now I get TXT record:

$ dig nemoz.ml TXT

; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-61.el7 <<>> nemoz.ml TXT
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26447
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; MBZ: 0005 , udp: 4000
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;nemoz.ml.          IN  TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:
nemoz.ml.       5   IN  TXT "phkg1hlljofbujbrfvl8pe8l62"
nemoz.ml.       5   IN  TXT "nemoz.azurewebsites.net"

;; Query time: 1677 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.47.2#53(192.168.47.2)
;; WHEN: Wed Oct 03 03:33:42 EDT 2018
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 112

Also in Azure the domain verification is successful. Thanks a lot.

But the question is why is that? Why CNAME record prevents TXT record in domain?

Answer 2

Make sure you type the correct TXT record format in your domain DNS zone. named @ with a valid value ph*********62in Freenom provider. And wait a few minuies for DNS propagation.

Here is an example in Azure DNS.

Answer 3

In Freenom replace 1examplevalue1 with the token ph*********62.