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Check resource records

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You can check which DNS servers provide domain resource records and view all domain records.

  1. Open the CLI.

  2. Install the dig utility as part of the dnsutils:

    sudo apt-get install dnsutils

  3. Check which NS servers the domain is delegated to:

    dig <example.com> NS

    Specify <example.com> — the domain name.

  4. Request record data from the NS server. If the domain is delegated to several NS servers, repeat the request for each server:

    dig <ns_server> <example.com> <type>

    Specify:

    • <ns_server> — the NS server obtained in step 3;
    • <type> — the record type, for example, A for an A record. To display information about all domain records, specify any.

    The response will contain the value of the record and its TTL. TTL is the time in seconds during which a resource record in the NS server cache is considered up to date and does not need to be re-cached.