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CAA Record Generator

Control who can issue SSL certificates for your domain. Choose your authorities, then copy the records to your DNS provider.

Generated in your browser. Your domain and email stay on this page.

1 Your Domain

Enter a domain or subdomain, without https:// or *. International names are converted to Punycode.

2 Certificate Permissions

Standard Certificates

Choose every authority that needs to issue or renew certificates for this domain, including your hosting or CDN service.

Wildcard Certificates
Authorities Allowed for Wildcards

Violation Reports

3 Violation Reports

Adds an iodef record. This address becomes public in DNS. Reports depend on the certificate authority.

Your DNS records will appear here

Enter your domain and choose at least one certificate authority to get started.

Your CAA records

Add each record separately in your domain’s DNS settings.

Name / Host
Type
CAA
TTL (Seconds)
3600

Use @ only if this domain is the root of the DNS zone you are editing. For a subdomain, use its relative name or the full hostname, as your provider requires.

In separate DNS fields, paste the value without quotes. The zone file includes the required quotes and the final dot in the hostname.

In separate DNS fields, paste the value without quotes. The zone file includes the required quotes and the final dot in the hostname.

How CAA works

CAA limits future certificate issuance. It does not install or revoke certificates and it does not replace domain validation.

CAA standard and authority documentation