Add DNS CAA Record to a Hosted DNS

Dec 11, 2025

Add DNS CAA Record to a Hosted DNS

OVERVIEW: This page walks you through the process of adding a Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) record in a hosted DNS.​​​​​ For more Domain Verification Method guides, please refer to this page. 

DNS Services which support DNS CAA records

IMPORTANT: If you have any issues or questions whether CAA is supported with your setup, contact your DNS manager for further details. 

 

Starting August 25, 2017, GlobalSign will be implementing the CAA Checking for SSL Certificates. As such, we have compiled a list of supported hosted DNS services as shown below: 

 

  • Afraid.org Free DNS
  • BIND
  • BuddyNS
  • Cloudflare (in beta)
  • ClouDNS
  • CloudXNS
  • Constellix DNS
  • core-networks.de
  • Digital Ocean
  • DNS Made Easy
  • DNSimple
  • Domeneshop (Domainnameshop)
  • Dyn Managed DNS
  • easyDNS
  • Gandi
  • Google Cloud DNS
  • Google Domains DNS
  • GratisDNS
  • Hurricane Electric Free DNS
  • INWX
  • Linode
  • Mythic Beasts
  • Knot DNS
  • Idns
  • Neustar UltraDNS
  • NS1
  • NSD
  • Nucleus NV
  • OpenDNSSEC
  • PowerDNS
  • Route 53
  • schokokeks.org
  • Simple DNS Plus
  • tinydns
  • Vultr
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Zilore

Guidelines

DNS Services all have their own management interfaces and ways to add DNS CAA records. As such, you have to contact your DNS manager for details. However, we have listed the available guidelines below for your reference. 

DNSimple
Add, Update and Remove a DNS CAA record
https://support.dnsimple.com/articles/manage-caa-record/

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