Add a resource record
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A resource record is a record of matching domain and domain information in the Domain Name System (DNS).
In DNS hosting, you cannot manage reverse resource records (PTR records), to to do that, use IP address accounting service.
Add a resource record
In DNS hosting (actual), resource records are stored in groups — one group contains all the resource records of a domain with the same type. For example, when DNS balancing all IP addresses of the domain will be stored in one A-record group.
If you do not already have a resource record group of the correct type for the domain, add a resource record group of that type. If you already have a group of resource records of the desired type, add an additional value to it.
Add a group of resource records
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In control panel go to DNS → Domain zones.
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Open the zone page.
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Click Add.
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Enter the name of the resource record group — this is the domain for which the group will be created. You can create a resource record group:
- for the primary domain (zone name) — leave the field blank. For example, if you leave the field blank for the zone
example.com.a group will be created with the nameexample.com. - for a subdomain — enter the first part of its name. For example, if you enter
firstfor the areaexample.com.a group will be created with the namefirst.example.com.
- for the primary domain (zone name) — leave the field blank. For example, if you leave the field blank for the zone
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Select resource record type in the group — A, AAAA, TXT, CNAME, MX, NS, SRV, SSHFP, ALIAS, CAA, DNAME, HTTPS, SVCB.
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Enter TTL or leave the default value. TTL is the time in seconds for which a resource entry in the NS server cache is considered up to date and does not need to be re-cached. The TTL of a group applies to all resource records in the group.
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Enter the value of the resource record, for example, for an A record, the IP address to be mapped to the domain name.
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If you need to add another resource record to the group, click Add and enter the value of the record.
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Optional: enter a comment — any additional information about the group. The comment will be displayed only in DNS hosting.
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Click Add.
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Wait for the added resource record group to propagate to the DNS servers. Propagation can take up to 72 hours.
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Optional: check resource records. If 72 hours after creation the resource records have not appeared on the DNS servers, file a ticket.
Add a resource record to a group
If you add a resource record to an existing group, it will have the name and TTL that are specified for the group.
- In control panel go to DNS → Domain zones.
- Open the zone page.
- On the menu. of resource record groups, select Edit.
- Click Add.
- Enter a value.
- Click Save.
- Wait for the resource record to propagate to the DNS servers. Propagation can take up to 72 hours from the TTL of the group. You can view the TTL of a resource record group in control panels under DNS → Domain zones → zone page.
- Optional: check the resource record. If the resource record has not appeared on the DNS servers 72 hours after creation, file a ticket.
Available resource record types
Learn more about the purpose of the different resource records, their logic and limitations in this Selectel blog article How to figure out DNS hosting and not break anything.