Go Daddy

Configuration for Go Daddy.

  • Code: godaddy
  • Since: v0.5.0

Here is an example bash command using the Go Daddy provider:

GODADDY_API_KEY=xxxxxxxx \
GODADDY_API_SECRET=yyyyyyyy \
lego --email you@example.com --dns godaddy -d '*.example.com' -d example.com run

Credentials

Environment Variable Name Description
GODADDY_API_KEY API key
GODADDY_API_SECRET API secret

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information here.

Additional Configuration

Environment Variable Name Description
GODADDY_HTTP_TIMEOUT API request timeout
GODADDY_POLLING_INTERVAL Time between DNS propagation check
GODADDY_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation
GODADDY_TTL The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information here.

GoDaddy has recently (2024-04) updated the account requirements to access parts of their production Domains API:

  • Availability API: Limited to accounts with 50 or more domains.
  • Management and DNS APIs: Limited to accounts with 10 or more domains and/or an active Discount Domain Club plan.

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/getting-unauthorized-url-error-while-trying-to-get-cert-for-subdomains/217329/12

More information