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CAA Record

Field NameData TypeRequired (Yes/No)Associated GUI FieldAssociated PAPI MethodUsage and Guidelines

Header-CAARecord

StringYes

Identifies the first row as a header row for the CAA record objects. Example: CAARecord.

flagIntYes

Indicates critical or default CAA record.Example: 0

typeStringYes

Specifies the type of CAA record. Example: issue

CAStringNo

Indicates the name of the certificate authority. Example: certissues.example.com.
ca_detailsStringNo

Specifies additional details about the CA requests. Example: policy=ev

commentStringNoCommentcomment
ttlBooleanNoTTLttlThis is an inherited field. For information, see Data Specific Guidelines. Example: 28800
fqdnStringYesFQDNname zoneThis field combines the service name and the zone name to form the FQDN. Example: _http._tcp.corp100.com
_new_fqdnStringNo
zoneAdd this field to overwrite the fqdn field when you select the overwrite or merge option.
disabledBooleanNoDisabledisableExample: FALSE
viewStringNoDNS Viewviews

If no view is specified, the Default view is used. Example: Default

creatorStringNo
creatorExample: STATIC

Examples

This section contains examples of how to create data files for CAA records. All examples use comma as the separator. You can use other supported separators, such as semicolon, space, or tab. You can add new rows, update existing CAA resource record values or delete an existing CAA resource record.

Adding a CAA Record

This example shows how to add a new CAA record.

header-caarecord,ca*,_new_ca,ca_flag*,ca_type*,fqdn*,_new_fqdn,ca_details,_new_ca_details,comment,creator,disabled,name,ttl,view
caarecord,abc.com,0,default,issue,xyz.com,0,caa record,new caa record,caa record information,static,false,0,3600,default

Overwriting CAA Record Data

This example shows how to overwrite the following data of a CAA record. Consider an example where ca_type* is issue as in the following example:

header-caarecord,ca*,_new_ca,ca_flag*,ca_type*,fqdn*,_new_fqdn,ca_details,_new_ca_details,comment,creator,disabled,name,ttl,view
caarecord,abc.com,0,default,issue,xyz.com,0,caa record,new caa record,caa record information,static,false,0,3600,default

Note that ca_type* is changed from issue to issuewild:

header-caarecord,ca*,_new_ca,ca_flag*,ca_type*,fqdn*,_new_fqdn,ca_details,_new_ca_details,comment,creator,disabled,name,ttl,view
caarecord,abc.com,0,default,issuewild,xyz.com,0,caa record,new caa record,caa record information,static,false,0,3600,default