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# Debugging Nginx Proxy Manager Let's Encrypt HTTP Challenge
- URL: https://loepperts.com/debugging-nginx-proxy-manager-lets-encrypt-http-challenge/
- Published: 2026-06-17T15:32:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-17T15:32:27.000Z
- Author: loepperts
- Tags: #Import 2026-08-19 21:23

Failure for Twenty CRM Multi-Subdomain Setup

## Environment / Context

This setup was used for a **Twenty CRM** deployment.

The architecture:

```
Internet   |   |Nginx Proxy Manager   |   |Twenty CRM backend   |   |172.29.99.30:443
```

Multiple subdomains were intentionally routed through the same NPM Proxy Host because they all served the same Twenty CRM instance:

```
app.sales.lf-t.netlf-t.sales.lf-t.netlft-security.sales.lf-t.netsales.lf-t.netusa.sales.lf-t.net
```

NPM configuration:

```
server_name     app.sales.lf-t.net    lf-t.sales.lf-t.net    lft-security.sales.lf-t.net    sales.lf-t.net    usa.sales.lf-t.net;
```

All domains forwarded to the same backend.

---

## Important Twenty CRM specific note

Because Twenty CRM is commonly exposed through multiple branded/customer-facing domains, it is easy to assume a certificate problem is caused by:

- backend routing
- application configuration
- NPM proxy settings
- CRM redirects

In this case, the backend was healthy.

The actual problem was **DNS resolution before the request even reached Twenty CRM**.

The failure chain was:

```
Let's Encrypt      |      |      vsales.lf-t.net      |      |      +--> AAAA record             |             |             v        IPv6 address        2001:1640:5::3:65             |             |             v        IPv6 unreachable             |             |             v        HTTP challenge failed
```

---

## Takeaway for Twenty CRM deployments

When adding multiple domains/subdomains to the same Twenty CRM instance:

Always verify each hostname independently:

```
dig A domain.example.comdig AAAA domain.example.com
```

Do not assume that because:

```
app.example.com ✅crm.example.com ❌
```

share the same NPM Proxy Host, they also share the same DNS behavior.

A single stale AAAA record on one hostname can break only that hostname's Let's Encrypt challenge.