How can I complete the domain control validation (DCV) for my SSL certificate?
- Email validation
The most ordinary and well-known option to confirm the domain ownership. During the certificate activation, you will need to select the email address to which an approval email will be sent. Due to regulations of Certificate Authorities, it is only possible to use either a domain whois record or one of the following domain-related generic emails to receive an approver email:
admin@example.com
administrator@example.com
postmaster@example.com
webmaster@example.com
hostmaster@example.com
After the enrollment process is completed on our site, you will receive an email from the Certificate Authority to the selected email address.
- HTTP-based validation
http://your_domain_name.com/.well-known/pki-validation/certum.txt
Sample content:
b4ef88ffeaa1df04d75469e6f2aef8ff7a956eb08fa2180ede301b60aacc1111-certum.pl
- DNS-based validation
For root domain
Host Type Record
@ TXT b4ef88ffeaa1df04d75469e6f2aef8ff7a956eb08fa2180ede301b60aacc1111
For sub-domain
Host Type Record
app TXT b4ef88ffeaa1df04d75469e6f2aef8ff7a956eb08fa2180ede301b60aacc1111
About IP address certificate control validation (DCV)
For IP address certificate only support HTTP-based validation method.
