Question: I have requested an SSL certificate from AWS and I opted for DNS validation. Now they are asking me to add a CNAME record to validate. They have provided me the following to be used:

```
Name: xxx.example.com.  [Host field on GoDaddy]
Value: xxx.acm-validations.aws. [Points to field on GoDaddy]
Type: CNAME

```

Now whenever I provide this using GoDaddy DNS interface, it throws an error saying for 'Points to' field:

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> Enter either @ or a valid host name such as: `subdomain.example.tld`
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Did anyone encounter this issue on GoDaddy DNS entries?

Answer: 
The `Host` field also needed to be changed to `xxx.` instead of `xxx.example.com.` for AWS to validate it.
Check out [this document](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/acm-certificate-pending-validation/?nc1=h_ls) to verify your DNS status:

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> To confirm that the CNAME record was added to correctly to your DNS configuration, run a command similar to the following:
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> Note: Replace example-cname.example.com with your ACM CNAME record.
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```
Linux and macOS:

dig +short _example-cname.example.com
Windows:

nslookup -type=ns example.com

```

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> The command returns the CNAME record’s value in the output if the CNAME record was added to the correct DNS configuration and then propagated successfully.
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