Issues with accounturi link when setting CAA records

[and4po]

Hi there,

I'm trying to install a chatmail server at xat.and4po.cat and when trying to setup the CAA record on the DNS administrator from my registrar (DonDominio) i run into a problem. Following the installation help tool from the chatmail server I need to add the following DNS record xat.and4po.cat. CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org;accounturi=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/<some_numbers>" (hid the numbers just in case). However, when I try to add the content from the DNS administrator it gets auomatically changed to xat.and4po.cat. 60 IN CAA 0 issue "acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org".
I know that other people were able to setup the record without major problems with other DNS managers. So I asked the service support and they told me to ask you if there's an alternative link I can use to do the certification.

Thank you,

[MikeMcQ]

@and4po

So I asked the service support and they told me to ask you if there's an alternative link I can use to do the certification.

The CAA record is optional. It restricts a Certificate Authority from issuing certs if you don't want them to. There are other formats for the CAA record but if that DNS provider does not support that format you won't be able to use that exact one. Switching DNS providers is your only option.

You could use a CNAME for the CAA record to a DNS provider that does it correctly. But, if you do that you might be better off just switching DNS provider.

See below for other CAA options

Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA)

[and4po]

Thanks for your answer! I just wanted to make sure it was a problem from the DNS manager!