GoDaddy SSL Certificates
GoDaddy is a major SSL reseller offering DV, OV, and EV certificates. Learn about GoDaddy SSL products and how to identify GoDaddy-issued certificates.
GoDaddy is both a Certificate Authority and a large reseller of SSL certificates. GoDaddy operates its own root CA infrastructure (Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2) but also resells certificates from other CAs. GoDaddy is one of the most widely recognized SSL brands due to its large customer base in the shared hosting and domain registration market.
GoDaddy Certificate Products
- Standard SSL: DV single-domain certificate
- Deluxe SSL: OV single-domain certificate
- Premium SSL EV: Extended validation
- Wildcard SSL: DV or OV wildcard
- UCC/SAN SSL: Multi-domain certificates
Identifying GoDaddy Certificates
GoDaddy certificates issued by their own CA show O: GoDaddy.com, Inc. in the issuer, with intermediates like CN: Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2. OCSP responder URLs point to http://ocsp.godaddy.com/. The root certificate is Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2.
GoDaddy in the Context of Automation
GoDaddy does not support the ACME protocol for automated certificate issuance. If you're using GoDaddy certificates with a web server and want automated renewal, you'll need to use GoDaddy's API via a compatible ACME client plugin or switch to a CA that natively supports ACME (Let's Encrypt, ZeroSSL).
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