Create DNS zone

Last update: April 27 2026

1. In the Dashboard, on the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.

2. Go to the Private DNS section.

3. On the DNS Zones tab, click Create DNS Zone.

4. Select a pool.

5. Enter the zone domain. The domain can contain numbers, Latin letters and hyphens. The domain cannot be first level, for example example.

6. Optional: change TTL - enter a value in seconds. TTL is the time for which the zone's resource entries in the NS server's cache are considered current and do not need to be re-cached. The zone's TTL will be applied to entries that do not have their own TTL specified.

7. Optional: Mark the networks to be added to the zone. If you add a network to the zone, A- or AAAA entries are automatically created and updated for the ports on the network.

8. Optional: If you marked the networks to be added to the zone in step 7, connect them to a DNS resolver by marking the desired networks. If a network is connected to a DNS resolver, servers on that network can resolve the domain names of all DNS zones within their pool and project.

9. Optional: add records to the zone, to do this, click Add Record and fill in the fields depending on the type of record you want. You can add, modify and delete records at any time after the zone is created.

   A or AAAA

   If a network is added to a zone, A- and AAAA records are created and added automatically, they do not need to be created and updated manually. To add a record manually:

   9.1.Select the type of recording - A or AAAA.

   9.2.Enter the domain name for which the record will be created. The domain of the zone in which you are creating the record will be automatically added to it.

   9.3.Enter the IP addresses to be associated with the domain name: for A record - IPv4 addresses, for AAAA record - IPv6 addresses. You can specify a maximum of 100 IP addresses. Specify addresses with commas or spaces, or each address on a new line.

   9.4.Enter the TTL of the recording in seconds. To apply TTL zones, enter -1 or click Use TTL Zones.

   9.5.Click Add.

   9.6.To add another record, click Add Record and repeat steps 9.1-9.5.

   CNAME

   9.1.Select the record type - CNAME.

   9.2.Enter a domain alias - a domain name that should translate to the target domain. The domain of the zone in which you are creating the record will be automatically appended to it.

   9.3.Enter the target domain name to which the alias should translate. This can be any domain name in FQDN format, with a dot at the end.

   9.4.Enter the TTL of the recording in seconds. To apply TTL zones, enter -1 or click Use TTL Zones.

   9.5.Click Add.

   9.6.To add another record, click Add Record and repeat steps 9.1-9.5.

   MX

   9.1.Select MX as the recording type.

   9.2.Enter the domain name for which the record will be created. The domain of the zone in which you are creating the record will be automatically added to it.

   9.3.Enter the priority and mail server name with a space, e.g. 10 mail.example.com. Priority is a number between 0 and 65,535, the lower the number the higher the priority. The mail server name must be in the zone domain.

   9.4.Optional: To add another mail server, press + and enter the priority and server name. You can add a maximum of 100 mail servers.

   9.5.Enter the TTL of the recording in seconds. To apply TTL zones, enter -1 or click Use TTL Zones.

   9.6.Click Add.

   9.7.To add another record, click Add Record and repeat steps 9.1-9.6.

   TXT

   9.1.Select TXT as the record type.

   9.2.Enter the domain name for which the record will be created. The domain of the zone in which you are creating the record will be automatically added to it.

   9.3.Enter the record value - any text up to 255 characters.

   9.4.Optional: to add another value, press + and enter the value of the entry. You can add a maximum of 100 values.

   9.5.Enter the TTL of the recording in seconds. To apply TTL zones, enter -1 or click Use TTL Zones.

   9.6.Click Add.

   9.7.To add another record, click Add Record and repeat steps 9.1-9.6.

10. Click Create DNS zone.

11. If you connected the networks in the zone to a DNS resolver in step 8, specify the IP addresses of the resolver in the subnet settings for that network. Use the Change DNS Servers in a Private Subnet subsection of the Private Networks and Subnets instructions.

    DNS resolver IP addresses on the network can be viewed in the Control Panel: in the top menu, click Products → Cloud Servers → Private DNS → DNS Resolvers tab → Network row → DNS Resolver field.