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:

> 
> Enter either @ or a valid host name such as: `subdomain.example.tld`
> 
> 
> 

Did anyone encounter this issue on GoDaddy DNS entries?

Answer: 
The `Host` field should be filled with xxx (your subdomain) and the `Points To` field with xxx.acm-validations.aws (without dot).
The `Host` field also needed to be changed to `xxx.` instead of `xxx.example.com.` for AWS to validate it.