Our verification system will be able to detect the meta tag on the page and verify the domain ownership. The directory chosen for this must be /well-known/pki-validation/gsdv.txt Using the HTTP Verification (also called Approver URL- or meta tag-) method, you can insert a random string provided by GlobalSign in the root page of your domain (for example ). NOTE: A dedicated support article guiding you through domain verification by approver email can be found here. This will indicate control of the domain and allow the vetting team to send the approval email to ANY alternative email address.

Creating a page on the website of the domain using instructions from our support team.

Updating the WHOIS records with an email address (an example of a website GlobalSign uses to check Who is records is ).

If you do not have access or cannot set up an email from the above list, you will need to contact Support who will guide you through other possible options for email verification. Note: Make sure you choose the right one, or you will have to cancel the order and start a new order.

email will be sent to the selected address and upon receipt of the email you can click a link to verify the domain is yours.

When placing an order, you can choose from the following email addresses to allow us to verify your domain: Note: When ordering an SSL Certificate from our system, approval methods cannot be changed once chosen. And if at some point you grow tired of verifying domains every time you order a certificate, why not give Managed SSL a try? There are three ways to have your domain verified with us: approver email, HTTP verification, and DNS TXT record. We hope this blog will help you avoid those pitfalls and streamline your time to completion, but if you have a problem that you cannot solve using this blog you can still check out the GlobalSign Support Knowledge Base or submit a ticket. For that reason, we collated our top queries and issues that customers may face during ordering or installation. We want to help make the process as simple as possible from start to finish. Ordering the right certificate, creating a CSR, downloading it, installing it, and testing it to make sure there are no problems are all areas where one may encounter errors. This does not suggest a lack of knowledge – rather, those processes can bring up previously unseen errors. Sometimes, even PKI veterans struggle with ordering or installing SSL/TLS certificates.

It has been reviewed for clarity and accuracy by GlobalSign Product Manager Sebastian Schulz and updated accordingly.

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