added some basic troubleshooting that helped me resolve my issue

How-to-debug-acme.sh.md

@@ -11,4 +11,31 @@ To output more detailed info:
 
 ```
 acme.sh  --issue  ..........    --debug 2
-```
+```
+
+### Common Root Cause of issue:
+#### Port 80 is blocked
+If your ISP blocks port 80, any webroot based authentication will fail
+You can test this by running this command: curl -IkL -m20 http://<your domain> from OUTSIDE your local network.
+
+### Common Errors using DNS API:
+#### Mistake 1: Clumsy fingers - newline in ~/.acme.sh/account.conf
+If you type in the api key or private key and accidentally put in a newline or a typo, check and ensure the keys look right in ~/.acme.sh/account.conf
+
+#### I still see my old keys (when moving from letsencrypt bot to .acme.sh)
+Needed step - point nginx configuration to new acme based keys
+If you still see the old keys being used, even after finally getting the dns based authentication to work.
+You may need to comment out the previous keys from the letsencrypt bot, and point to the new folder:
+
+> `# RSA certificate`
+> 
+> #ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/<your domain>/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
+> 
+> #ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/<your domain>/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
+>
+> ssl_certificate <your home directory>/.acme.sh/<your domain>/fullchain.cer;
+>
+> ssl_certificate_key <your home directory>/.acme.sh/<your domain>/<your domain>.key;
+
+#### Do I need to include the webroot `-w <my webroot>` for DNS?
+No!  You'll end up back failing the port 80 access to your webroot folder if that was your issue.