Change a CAA record
A CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) record is a DNS record to specify which certificate authorities (CAs) are allowed to issue SSL certificates for a domain. When issuing a certificate, all publicly trusted CAs are required to check and respect CAA records. CAA records are advanced DNS settings you can edit at any time.
- Log in to your GoDaddy Domain Control Center. (Need help logging in? Find your username or password.)
- Select your domain to access the Domain Settings page.
- Under Additional Settings, select Manage DNS.
- On the DNS Management page, select the
pencil icon next to the CAA record you need to edit. - Edit the details for your CAA record:
- Name: The domain or subdomain for the CAA record. Type @ to point the record directly to your domain name.
- Flags: An unsigned integer between 0–255.
- Tag: An ASCII string that represents the identifier of the property represented by the record. This is typically entered as issue, issuewild or iodef, depending on your specific requirements.
- Value: The value associated with the chosen property tag.
- TTL: How long the server should cache information. The default setting is 1 hour.
- Select Save to save your changes.
Please allow up to 48 hours for your changes to take full effect globally.
Related steps
- The lack of any CAA records authorizes normal unrestricted certificate issuance, and the presence of a single blank issue tag prevents all certificate issuance.
- Delete or add a CAA record at any time.
More info
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