NginxProxyManager / NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager

Nginx Proxy Manager fails to generate Let's Encrypt certificates using Cloudflare DNS

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Description

Describe the bug
Nginx Proxy Manager fails to generate Let's Encrypt certificates using Cloudflare DNS challenge due to package version conflicts between certbot-dns-cloudflare and cloudflare Python packages. The system reports:

  1. pkg_resources.VersionConflict: ( Requirement.parse('certbot>=4.1.1' ,CloudFlare=4) )

Nginx Proxy Manager Version
2.12.4 (Also occurs in latest)

To Reproduce

  1. Set up NPM with Cloudflare DNS credentials
  2. Attempt to request SSL certificate for any domain
  3. System fails with dependency errors

Expected behavior
Clean certificate generation using Cloudflare DNS-01 challenge

Operating System

  • Docker on Ubuntu 22.04
  • Portainer-managed

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Research direction

Start with the Docker/Portainer setup on Ubuntu 22.04 and reproduce a certificate request using Cloudflare DNS credentials. Inspect the reported certbot-dns-cloudflare and CloudFlare version conflict; done means a Let's Encrypt certificate is generated through the DNS-01 challenge without dependency errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, nginx, python, ubuntu
Domain
cloud, devops, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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