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Field Type Required Description
type type yes (A, AAAA, CNAME, CAA, ALIAS, TXT, MX)
name fqdn_or_subdomain yes Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or subdomain. You can use the @ symbol to represent your apex domain (e.g., example.com). Wildcards are supported.
ttl ttl no Time To Live (60-604800)
annotation string no A custom note for this particular record.
flags integer yes indicates criticality, with a value of 1 meaning that the record must be understood and respected by the CA before issuing a certificate, while 0 means it’s optional. (0, 1)
tag string yes Specifies the type of authorization or reporting policy, such as allowing specific CAs to issue certificates (issue), wildcard certificates (issuewild), or report issues (iodef). (issue, issuewild, iodef)
data string yes Use the CA’s domain to authorize a specific CA or to include a URI when used with iodef.
{
"type": "A",
"name": "www",
"ttl": 600,
"annotation": "string",
"flags": 1,
"tag": "issue",
"data": "letsencrypt.org"
}