lego/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_godaddy.md

title	date	draft	slug	dnsprovider
Go Daddy	2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00	false	godaddy	since code url v0.5.0 godaddy https://godaddy.com

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 --domains my.example.org 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]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

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]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

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

• API documentation