To create a record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
Select the concerned zone from the Zones overview.
Select Records > Create Record to open the Create Record window.
Enter the following details in the Create Record window:
Status: 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.
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 > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
Select the concerned zone from the Zones overview.
Select the Records tab.
Result: A list of all records in a zone is displayed in Zones details and Records. You will see the following details:
Name: Displays the FQDN of the record.
Type: Displays the type of the record: A
To view details of a given record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
Select the concerned zone from the Zones overview.
Select the Records tab.
Select the concerned record from the tab view.
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.
Name: Displays the FQDN of the record.
To update details of a given record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
Select the concerned zone from the Zones overview.
Select the Records.
Select the concerned record from the tab view.
Result: The details of your record is updated.
To delete a given record, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
Select the concerned zone from the Zones overview.
Select the Records.
Select the concerned record from the tab view and click
Result: Your record is deleted.
TTL: Enter an appropriate time-to-live setting in seconds for your DNS record. The default value is 3600 seconds.
Type: Select one of the following record types: A, AAAA , CNAME, ALIAS, MX, NS, SOA, SRV, TXT, CAA, SSHFP, TLSA, SMIMEA, DS, HTTPS, SVCB, OPENPGPKEY, CERT, URI, RP and LOC.
Content: Enter the content appropriate to the selected record type.
Verify the record to be created in the Preview section.
AAAACNAMEALIASMXNSSOASRVTXTCAASSHFPTLSASMIMEADSHTTPSSVCBOPENPGPKEYCERTURIRPLOCContent: Displays the content of the record.
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.
Actions: Select the three dots to perform the following operations:
Details and Edit: Select to 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 especially useful when using the Cloud DNS API for advanced DNS management.
TTL: Displays the time-to-live 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.
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: Preview of the record.
From the Update Record view, update the TTL or the type or the content of the record as required.
Click Save.
Click Delete from the Delete record(s) confirmation dialog.
Cloud DNS has a new group privilege called Access and manage DNS. The privilege must be enabled for a group so that the group members inherit this privilege through group privilege settings. Once the privilege is granted, contract users can view the Cloud DNS API.
To set user privileges to manage DNS zones and records, follow these steps:
In the DCD, open Management > Users & Groups under Users.
Select the Groups tab in the User Manager window.
Select the target group name from the Groups list.
Select the Access and manage DNS checkbox in the Privileges tab.
Result: The Access and manage DNS privilege is granted to all the members in the selected group.
You can revoke a user's Access and manage DNS privilege by removing the user from all the groups that have this privilege enabled.
Warning: You can revoke a user from this privilege by disabling Access and manage DNS for every group the user belongs to. In this case, all the members in the respective groups would also be revoked from this privilege.
To revoke this privilege from a contract administrator, disable the administrator option on the user account. On performing this action, the contract administrator gets the role of a contract user, and the privileges that were set up for the user before being an administrator will then be in effect.
Note: By default, only contract administrators and owners can manage the Cloud DNS records and zones using the Cloud DNS API and the DCD.
To facilitate additional users with privilege to manage the DNS zones and records, the DCD offers a new group privilege called Access and manage DNS in the User Manager, under the Privileges tab. Assigning this privilege to a group grants all users within the group the ability to manage Cloud DNS zones and records via the Cloud DNS API or the DCD.
For information on setting Access and manage DNS privilege to a group, see Set User Privileges via the DCD.
The DCD lets you manage DNS zones and records via the graphical user interface.
On assigning user privileges, continue with the following DCD How-Tos:
To connect your domain with Cloud DNS, see Connect Domain Name to Cloud DNS.
To create a zone, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
Click Create Zone to open the Create Primary Zone window.
Enter the following details in the Create Primary Zone window:
Name: Enter an appropriate name for your DNS zone.
Description: Enter an appropriate description for your DNS zone.
Status: Set it to either
Click Create Zone to create the DNS zone.
Result: Your DNS zone is now created.
After creation, you can view the list of zones and manage them as required.
To view a list of the zones, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
Result: A list of all zones is displayed in Zones overview. You will see the following details:
Name: Displays the name of the zone.
State: Displays the state of the respective zone.
To view details of a given zone, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
From the Zones overview, select the zone for which you want to view the DNS zone details.
Result: The details of the selected zones is displayed in the Zone details. You will see the following information:
Enabled/Disabled: Indicates if the zone is currently enabled or disabled.
Name: Displays the name of the zone.
To update details of a given zone, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
From the Zones overview, select the zone for which you want to update the DNS zone details.
From the Zone details, enable or disable the zone status as needed. You can also update the description.
Result: The details of your zones are updated.
To delete a given zone, follow these steps:
In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Networking > Cloud DNS.
From the Zones overview, select the zone you want to delete.
From the Zone details, click Delete Zone.
Result: Your zone is deleted.
Available: Indicates that the zone is available and healthy.
Provisioning: Indicates that the zone is being created or updated.
Destroying: Indicates that the zone is being deleted.
Failed: Indicates that an error occurred during creation, update or deletion.
Enabled/Disabled: Indicates if the zone is currently enabled or disabled.
Actions: Select the three dots to perform the following operations:
Details and Records: Select to view the details of the respective zones and manage its records.
Copy Zone UUID: Copy the UUID of the zone.
Copy endpoint HREF: Copy the Cloud DNS API HREF of the zone. It is especially useful when using the Cloud DNS API for advanced DNS management.
Description: Displays the description of the zone.
State: Displays the state of the respective zone.
Available: Indicates that the zone is available and healthy.
Provisioning: Indicates that the zone is being created or updated.
Destroying: Indicates that the zone is being deleted.
Failed: Indicates that an error occurred during creation, update or deletion.
Zone UUID: Displays the UUID of the zone.
Last Modified Date: Displays the last modified date of the zone.
Created Date: Displays the creation date of the zone.
Nameservers: Displays the nameservers of the zone.
