Introduction: Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides the Amazon Certificate Manager (ACM) service for managing SSL/TLS certificates for your websites and applications. However, sometimes you may encounter issues where the certificate status shows as "Failed". One common reason for this failure is related to Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA) records. In this blog post, we will discuss how to troubleshoot the AWS ACM certificate status failed error and resolve it by adjusting the CAA records. Understanding the Issue: When an ACM certificate status shows as "Failed", it indicates that the certificate request failed validation checks. One of the potential causes for this failure is related to CAA records. CAA records are DNS resource records that specify which certificate authorities (CAs) are authorized to issue certificates for a domain. If your domain's CAA records restrict certificate issuance to specific CAs, and AWS ACM is not listed as an authorized CA, t...
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