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Checking domain rights

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at May 5, 2025

To check domain rights:

Management console
CLI
Terraform
API
  1. In the management console, select the folder the certificate was added to.
  2. In the list of services, select Certificate Manager.
  3. Select and click the certificate you need checked.
  4. In the window that opens, you will find the info you will need to pass the rights check under Check rights for domains.
  5. As soon as the domain rights check is passed, the check status under Check rights for domains will change to Valid.
  6. After the check status for all the domains changes to Valid, the certificate will be issued and its status will change to Issued.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. View a description of the command:

    yc certificate-manager certificate get --help
    
  2. Run this command:

    yc certificate-manager certificate get \
      --id fpq6gvvm6piu******** \
      --full
    

    Where:

    • --id: Certificate ID.
    • --full: Show a list of active domain rights checks.

    Result:

    id: fpq6gvvm6piu********
    folder_id: b1g7gvsi89m3********
    created_at: "2020-09-15T08:49:11.533771Z"
    name: mymanagedcert
    type: MANAGED
    domains:
    - example.com
    status: VALIDATING
    updated_at: "2020-09-15T08:49:11.533771Z"
    challenges:
    - domain: example.com
      type: HTTP
      created_at: "2020-09-15T08:49:11.533771Z"
      updated_at: "2020-09-15T08:51:44.991065Z"
      status: PENDING
      message: Create a file in your web server's base directory.
      http_challenge:
        url: http://example.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/3LiH-nrTC7GdMbRgVqttEvdTODeNeaD0TtX********
           content: 3LiH-nrTC7GdMbRgVqttEvdTODeNeaD0TtXteWgtAH8.ZHCju15sJiKBwT8G5FTl7UtfmJWp1gKNYYP********
    
  3. You can find the info you will need to pass the rights check under http_challenge.

  4. As soon as the domain rights check is passed, the check status will change to Valid:

    yc certificate-manager certificate get \
      --id fpq6gvvm6piu******** \
      --full
    

    Result:

    ...
    domains:
    - example.com
    status: VALID
    ...
    
  5. After the check status for all the domains changes to Valid, the certificate will be issued and its status will change to Issued:

    yc certificate-manager certificate get \
      --id fpq6gvvm6piu******** \
      --full
    

    Result:

    ...
    domains:
    - example.com
    status: ISSUED
    ...
    

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or mirror website.

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure its Yandex Cloud provider.

With Terraform, you can create a DNS record required to check your rights to a domain. To do this:

  1. In the Terraform configuration file, describe the parameters of the resources you want to create:

    resource "yandex_cm_certificate" "le-certificate" {
      name    = "<certificate_name>"
      domains = ["<domain>"]
    
      managed {
      challenge_type = "DNS_CNAME"
      }
    }
    
    resource "yandex_dns_recordset" "validation-record" {
      zone_id = "<zone_ID>"
      name    = yandex_cm_certificate.le-certificate.challenges[0].dns_name
      type    = yandex_cm_certificate.le-certificate.challenges[0].dns_type
      data    = [yandex_cm_certificate.le-certificate.challenges[0].dns_value]
      ttl     = <record_time_to_live_in_seconds>
    }
    
    data "yandex_cm_certificate" "example" {
      depends_on      = [yandex_dns_recordset.validation-record]
      certificate_id  = yandex_cm_certificate.le-certificate.id
      wait_validation = true
    }
    
    # Use data.yandex_cm_certificate.example.id to get a valid certificate.
    
    output "cert-id" {
      description = "Certificate ID"
      value       = data.yandex_cm_certificate.example.id
    }
    

    Where:

    • yandex_cm_certificate resource parameters:
      • domains: Domain you need to create a certificate for.
      • challenge_type: Domain owner verification method. The possible values are:
        • DNS_CNAME: Create a DNS record in CNAME format with the specified value. This method is recommended for automatic certificate renewal.
        • DNS_TXT: Create a DNS record in TXT format with the specified value.
    • yandex_dns_recordset resource parameters:
      • zone_id: ID of the DNS zone the owner verification record will be in.
      • name: Record name.
      • type: DNS record type.
      • data: Record value.
      • ttl: Record time to live (TTL) in seconds before updating the record value.
    • yandex_dns_recordset data source parameters:
      • depends_on: Indicates dependence on another Terraform resource.
      • certificate_id: Certificate ID.
      • wait_validation: Certificate validation wait flag. If true, the operation will not be completed until the certificate is in VALIDATING status. The default value is false.

    For more information about resource parameters, see the Terraform provider documentation.

  2. Create resources:

    1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

    2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      
    3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

    4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      
    5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

This will create a certificate and DNS record in the specified folder. You can check the new certificate and its settings using the management console or this CLI command:

yc certificate-manager certificate get <certificate_name> --full

To get the information required to pass the permission check for a domain, use the get REST API method for the Certificate resource or the CertificateService/Get gRPC API call with the view=FULL flag.

Note

For a successful DNS domain rights check based on a CNAME record, make sure the _acme-challenge subdomain of the domain name you are checking has no other resource records except CNAME. For example, for the _acme-challenge.example.com. domain name, there should only be a CNAME record and no TXT record.

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