Cloud DNS supports 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.
The following is a brief explanation about the most common record types:
The following are examples of record types and their formats:
Yes, Cloud DNS provides support for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Yes, IONOS Cloud DNS supports reverse DNS lookup for the following:
Public IPv6 addresses assigned to your VDCs.
Reserved IPv4 addresses.
Default PTR records follow the format ipAAA-BBB-CCC-DDD.pbiaas.com, whereby AAA-BBB-CCC-DDD corresponds to the IPv4 octets.
The IONOS Name Server infrastructure is distributed across 14 point-of-presence (POP) locations in Europe and the USA to ensure fast and reliable DNS resolution for users across these locations.
Record Types
Description
A
The IPv4 address associated with a zone name.
AAAA
The IPv6 address associated with a zone name.
MX
The mail exchange servers for a zone name.
CNAME
An alias for a zone name that allows multiple names to resolve to the same IP address.
TXT
Allows arbitrary text to be associated with a zone name that is commonly used for SPF records and other types of verification.
NS
Specifies the name servers for a zone name.
SRV
Specifies the location of services for a zone name commonly used for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and other protocols.
Record Type
Record Name
Record Value
Notes
A
example.com
192.168.1.1
AAAA
example.com
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
MX
example.com
mail.example.com
Priority is mandatory
CNAME
www.example.com
example.com
TXT
example.com
v=spf1 mx -all
NS
example.com
ns1.example.com
SRV
_sip._tcp.example.com
10 5060 sipserver.example.com
Priority weight port is mandatory