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Manage DNS records for your domain
Add, change and delete DNS records for a domain in the panel. Explains the record types, how to write each value, and common examples for websites, servers and email.
DNS records tell the internet where your domain points: which server shows your website, where your email goes, and how other services check that the domain is yours. This guide shows how to manage those records in the panel.
Before you start
Records you create here only work when the domain uses our nameservers. For a domain registered in the panel with a DNS zone, that is already the case. You can check under Nameservers on the domain's page.
Open the DNS records
- Sign in to the panel, open Domains and click your domain.
- Open the DNS Records tab.
If the domain has no DNS zone yet, click Create DNS Zone first. This is only possible once the domain is active.
Add a record
- Click Add Record.
- Choose the Type.
- Fill in the Name. Use
@for the domain itself, or the part in front of it, such aswwwforwww.example.com. - Set the TTL (seconds). This is how long other servers remember the record.
3600(one hour) is a good default. - Fill in the Value and save.
Record types and how to write them
| Type | Used for | Value |
|---|---|---|
| A | Pointing a name to an IPv4 address | The address, for example 203.0.113.10 |
| AAAA | Pointing a name to an IPv6 address | The address, for example 2001:db8::10 |
| CNAME | Making one name an alias of another | The target name ending with a dot, for example example.com. |
| MX | Receiving email | Priority and mail server, for example 10 mail.example.com. |
| TXT | Verification codes and email rules such as SPF | Text in double quotes, for example "v=spf1 mx -all" |
| SRV | Services such as some game servers | priority weight port target, for example 0 5 25565 mc.example.com. |
| CAA | Limiting who may issue certificates | For example 0 issue "letsencrypt.org" |
Two things go wrong most often:
- The dot at the end. In CNAME, MX and SRV values, write the target as a full name with a dot at the end.
- The quotes. A TXT value must be enclosed in double quotes.
Common examples
Point your domain at a server. Create an A record with the name @ and the server's IPv4 address. If the server has IPv6, add an AAAA record with the name @ as well.
Make www work too. Create a CNAME record with the name www and the value example.com. (your own domain, with the dot).
Receive email. Create the MX records your mail provider gives you. A lower priority number is tried first.
Prove ownership to another service. Services often ask for a TXT record with a code. Use the name they give you and put the code in double quotes.
Change or delete a record
Open the actions menu at the end of a record's row.
- Edit Record lets you change the value or the TTL.
- Delete Record removes the record. This cannot be undone, so check that nothing uses it any more.
Some records belong to the zone itself and cannot be deleted.
How long changes take
A new record is usually visible within minutes. A changed record can take longer, because other servers keep the old value until its TTL has passed. If you plan a move, lower the TTL a day beforehand, for example to 300, and raise it again afterwards.
Using the domain for an app
To put one of your apps on this domain you do not need to create records by hand. Add the domain to the app and the panel can set up the DNS for you. See Connect your own domain to an app.