Author: Eoin Hearne.

Date: 13-Jul-20.

This wiki covers how to verify that we own a domain before GoDaddy will issue an SSL certificate.

GoDaddy will email support with the verification request and steps. Contained in this email is a unique ID which will be required for this process. Copy this ID from the email body.

There are 2 main methods to achieve verification. HTML requires us to add a html page to a specific URL with the unique ID contained inside. DNS will require a text entry in our DNS file. This page will cover the DNS method.

Log into the AWS console. In this case, we are verifying the qa.atcwatchdog.com domain and will therefore need to log into the ATC AWS account (details found in pwSafe). Once logged in, under services, navigate to Networking & Content Delivery > Route 53. On the Route 53 page, click on the Hosted Zones. A list of all the DNS files for each domain will be listed here. In ATCs case, we use the atcwatchdog.com domain for QA as well. If we logged into the Errigal AWS account, we would find different DNS files here.

Click on the DNS file required and click 'Create Record Set' to add the unique ID to the file.

• Name - leave blank as it will need to use the root URL for the site.
• Type - set to Text (TXT).
• TTL (Seconds) - leave as default 300ms.
• Value - paste the unique ID from the email in here.
• Routing Policy - Simple.

Click on create. Sometimes this may take a few minutes to update with GoDaddy. After this is created, go to the GoDaddy website, log in (details in pwSafe) and navigate to MyProducts > SSL Certificates. Find the certificate that requires the verification and click 'Manage' beside it. On the management page, click on 'Check for HTML/DNS' button to complete verification.

A success message should pop up. Once complete, support will receive an email that the certificate is ready.