For all our domain customers we offer a user-friendly DNS Management tool to manage all your DNS records.
Access
- Log in into our client portal
- Click in the top menu on Domains -> DNS Management.
- Select the domain from the list
Manage DNS Records
- In the list of domains click on "Manage records"
- Click on "Add Record"
- Select the record type from the list
- Enter the Name - @ is for the whole domain, www for a subdomain etc.
The Value is the IP address which you want to link to your domain
TTL is set to 1 hour - Once you have entered your settings click on "Save"
Record types
DNS Record Types
A Record
- Purpose: Maps a domain name to an IPv4 address
- Format:
domain.com → 192.168.0.1 - Use Case: The most common record type, directing traffic from your domain to a specific server's IP address
- Example: When someone visits
www.example.com, the A record tells their browser to connect to192.168.0.1
AAAA Record
- Purpose: Maps a domain name to an IPv6 address
- Format:
domain.com → 2001:db8::1 - Use Case: The IPv6 equivalent of an A record, supporting the newer internet protocol
- Example: Enables your domain to work with IPv6-enabled networks and devices
CNAME Record
- Purpose: Creates an alias that points one domain name to another domain name
- Format:
subdomain.example.com → example.com. - Use Case: Useful for subdomains or when you want multiple domain names to point to the same destination
- Example:
www.example.comcan be a CNAME pointing toexample.com.
MX Record
- Purpose: Specifies mail servers responsible for handling email for your domain
- Format:
priority mailserver.domain.com. - Use Case: Essential for email delivery - tells other mail servers where to send emails for your domain
- Example:
10 mail.example.com.(priority 10, lower numbers = higher priority)
TXT Record
- Purpose: Stores arbitrary text data, often used for verification and configuration
- Format:
"text string" - Use Case: SPF records for email authentication, domain verification, security policies
- Example:
v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0.1 ~all(SPF record allowing emails from specific IP)
SRV Record
- Purpose: Defines the location of specific services (like VoIP, instant messaging)
- Format:
priority weight port target.domain.com. - Use Case: Helps applications find services automatically
- Example:
0 5 5060 sip.example.com.(SIP service on port 5060 with priority 0, weight 5)
NS Record
- Purpose: Delegates a domain or subdomain to a set of name servers
- Format:
nameserver.domain.com. - Use Case: Tells the internet which servers are authoritative for your domain's DNS records
- Example:
ns1.example.com.specifies that this server handles DNS queries for the domain
CAA Record
- Purpose: Specifies which Certificate Authorities (CAs) are allowed to issue SSL certificates for your domain
- Format:
flags tag "value" - Use Case: Security measure to prevent unauthorized SSL certificate issuance
- Example:
0 issue "letsencrypt.org"(allows only Let's Encrypt to issue certificates)
TLSA Record
- Purpose: Associates a TLS server certificate or public key with the domain name
- Format:
usage selector matching-type certificate-data - Use Case: Part of DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) for enhanced security
- Example:
3 1 1 1234567890abcdef...(certificate usage 3, selector 1, SHA-256 hash)
Troubleshooting
To check the status of the DNS propagation visit dnschecker.org and select the record type you want to check.
To check MX records and validate SPF records etc visit https://mxtoolbox.com/.
