Manage DNS Records of a Zone
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A DNS zone is mandatory to create a record. For more information, see Manage DNS Zones for detailed instructions.
To create a record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.
Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to create records. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.
Click Create Record in the Details & Records window.
Enter the following details in the Create Record window:
Enabled/Disabled: Set it to either Enabled (by default) or Disabled.
Name: Enter an appropriate name for your DNS record. Leaving the name field empty will result in the creation of an Apex record. You can also provide * to create a wildcard DNS record.
TTL: Enter an appropriate Time-To-Live (TTL) setting in seconds for your DNS record. The default value is 3600 seconds.
Type: Select one of the following record types: A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, NS, SRV, ALIAS, CAA, CERT, DS, SOA, HTTPS, LOC, OPENPGPKEY, RP, SMIMEA, SSHFP, SVCB, TLSA, and URI.
Content: Enter the content appropriate to the selected record type.
Preview: Ensure that the details of the record to be created are accurate.
Click Save to create the DNS record.
Result: Your DNS record is now created.
After creation, you can view the list of records of a zone and manage them as required.
To view a list of the records, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.
Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the records associated with it. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.
Result: A list of all records in a zone is displayed. You will see the following details:
— FQDN: Displays the FQDN of the record.
— TYPE: Displays the type of the record: A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, NS, SOA, SRV, TXT, CAA, SSHFP, TLSA, SMIMEA, DS, HTTPS, SVCB, OPENPGPKEY, CERT, URI, RP, and LOC.
— CONTENT: Displays the content of the record type.
— STATE: Displays the state of the respective record.
— Available: Indicates that the record is available and healthy.
— Provisioning: Indicates that the record is being created or updated.
— Destroying: Indicates that the record is being deleted.
— Failed: Indicates that an error occurred during creation, update or deletion.
— ENABLED/DISABLED: Indicates if the record is currently enabled or disabled. You can also toggle the button to enable or disable a record.
— ACTIONS: Select the three dots to perform the following operations:
— Details and Edit: View and update the details of the respective record.
— Copy Record UUID: Copy the UUID of the record.
— Copy endpoint HREF: Copy the Cloud DNS API HREF of the record. It is useful when using the Cloud DNS API for advanced DNS management.
You can view or edit the record details or delete them if they are no longer needed.
To view details of a given record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.
Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the associated records. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.
Select the appropriate record from the FQDN column to view its details. Alternatively, click Details & Edit in the ACTIONS column.
To update the details of a given record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.
Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the records associated with it. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.
Select the appropriate record from the FQDN column to view its details. Alternatively, click Details & Edit in the ACTIONS column.
From the Update Record view, you can do the following:
enable or disable the record.
update the TTL, Type or Content of the record as required.
Click Save.
Info: You can click x Delete record to delete the respective record.
Result: The details of your record are updated.
To delete a given record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.
Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the records associated with it. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.
You can choose one of the following options to delete records:
From the Details & Records window, delete zone records either in bulk or individually by selecting respective checkboxes and clicking Delete.
Click on the specific record and in the Update Record window, click Delete record.
Select Delete Record to delete the respective record.
Click Delete in the Delete record(s) confirmation dialog box.
Result: Your record is deleted.
Result: The details of the selected record is displayed in the Update Record view. You will see the following information:
— Enabled/Disabled: Indicates if the record is currently enabled or disabled. You can toggle the button to enable or disable the respective record.
— FQDN: Displays the FQDN of the record.
— TTL: Displays the Time-To-Live (TTL) of the record.
— Type: Displays the type of the record: A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, NS, SOA, SRV, TXT, CAA, SSHFP, TLSA, SMIMEA, DS, HTTPS, SVCB, OPENPGPKEY, CERT, URI, RP, and LOC. To edit the record type, click .
— Content: Displays the content of the record type.
— State: Displays the state of the respective record.
— Available: Indicates that the record is available and healthy.
— Provisioning: Indicates that the record is being created or updated.
— Destroying: Indicates that the record is being deleted.
— Failed: Indicates that an error occurred during creation, update or deletion.
— Record UUID: Displays the UUID of the record.
— Last Modified Date: Displays the last modified date of the record.
— Created Date: Displays the creation date of the record.
— Preview: Displays the preview of the record.
