Manage DNS Records of a Zone

Prerequisites

  • A DNS zone is mandatory to create a record. For more information, see Manage DNS Zones for detailed instructions.

  • You must be a contract administrator, owner, or a user with Access and manage DNS privilege to create and manage DNS zones and records. You can set user privileges in the DCD or via the API.

Create a DNS Record

To create a record, follow these steps:

  1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.

  2. Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to create records. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.

  3. Click Create Record in the Details & Records window.

Create a DNS record
  1. 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.

Define record properties
  1. Click Save to create the DNS record.

View the list of DNS Records

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:

  1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.

  2. Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the records associated with it. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.

List of Records of a Zone

View details of a DNS Record

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:

  1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.

  2. Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the associated records. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.

  3. Select the appropriate record from the FQDN column to view its details. Alternatively, click Details & Edit in the ACTIONS column.

Record Details

Update details of a DNS Record

To update the details of a given record, follow these steps:

  1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.

  2. Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the records associated with it. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.

  3. Select the appropriate record from the FQDN column to view its details. Alternatively, click Details & Edit in the ACTIONS column.

  4. 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.

  5. Click Save.

Info: You can click x Delete record to delete the respective record.

Record Update

Delete a DNS Record

To delete a given record, follow these steps:

  1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Network > Cloud DNS > Public Zones tab.

  2. Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the records associated with it. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.

  3. 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.

    Delete a Record by selecting an appropriate checkbox
    • Click on the specific record and in the Update Record window, click Delete record.

    Delete a specific Record via Record details
    • Select Delete Record to delete the respective record.

    Delete a Record via Zone details & Records overview
  4. Click Delete in the Delete record(s) confirmation dialog box.

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