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Add a resource record

For your information

We have released new version of DNS hosting (actual) and are discontinuing support and development of legacy version (legacy). Domains and resource records in DNS hosting (legacy) continue to work, we will warn you in advance if they are discontinued.

We recommend move domains and resource records to DNS hosting (actual) now to avoid disruption of sites when DNS hosting (legacy) goes down.

If you registered after January 30, only DNS hosting (actual) is available to you.

A resource record is a record of matching domain and domain information in the Domain Name System (DNS).

You cannot manage reverse resource records (PTR records) in DNS hosting, use IP address accounting service for this.

Add a resource record⁠

In DNS hosting (actual), resource records are stored in groups — one group contains all resource records of a domain with the same type. For example, with DNS-balancing, all IP addresses of a domain will be stored in the same 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 resource record group of the desired type, add an additional value to it.

Add a resource record group⁠

  1. In Control Panel, go to DNS.

  2. Open the zone page.

  3. Click Add Record Group.

  4. Select resource record type in the group — A, AAAA, TXT, CNAME, MX, SRV, SSHFP, ALIAS, CAA, DNAME, HTTPS, SVCB.

  5. Enter TTL or leave the default value. TTL — the time in seconds during which a resource entry in the NS server cache is considered up-to-date and does not require re-caching. The TTL of a group applies to all resource records in the group.

  6. Enter the name of the resource record group — this is the domain for which the group will be created. You can create a group of resource records:

    • for the main domain (zone name) — leave the field blank. For example, leaving the field blank for the example.com. zone will create a group named example.com.;
    • subdomain — enter the first part of its name. For example, if you enter first for the example.com. zone, a group named first.example.com. will be created.

  7. Enter the value of the resource record, for example, for an A record, the IP address to be mapped to the domain name.

  8. If you need to add another resource record to the group, click Add Value and enter the value of the record.

  9. Optional: enter a comment — any additional information about the group, it will only appear in DNS hosting.

  10. Press Add.

  11. Wait for the added resource record group to propagate to the DNS servers. Spreading can take up to 72 hours.

  12. Optional: check resource records. If resource records have not appeared on the DNS servers 72 hours after creation, create a ticket.

Add a resource record to the group⁠

If you add a resource record to an existing group, it will have the name and TTL that are specified for the group.

  1. In Control Panel, go to DNS.
  2. Open the zone page.
  3. From the menu of the resource record group, select Edit.
  4. Press Add Value
  5. Enter a value.
  6. Click Save.
  7. Wait for the resource record to propagate to the DNS servers. Distribution can take from TTL groups up to 72 hours. The TTL of the resource record group can be viewed in control panel under DNS on the zone page.
  8. Optional: check resource record. If the resource record has not appeared on the DNS servers 72 hours after creation, create a ticket.

Available resource record types⁠

AAssociates a domain name with the IP address of a server on an IPv4 network. Until an A record is created for the domain, the site will not work
AAAAAssociates the domain name with the IP address of a server on an IPv6 network. Unless an AAAA record is created for the domain, the site will not work
ALIASBinds an alias domain to the main (canonical) domain so that the subdomain leads to the IP address of the canonical domain. Similar in logic to CNAME record, but can be added for second-level domains and exist with other resource records for the domain (except A and AAAA)
CAAIndicates certificate authorities that are allowed to issue SSL certificates for this domain name. If multiple centers can issue certificates for a domain, a CAA record must be created for each center
CNAMEBinds an additional domain to the primary (canonical) domain so that both lead to the IP address of the primary domain. A CNAME record cannot be added for a second-level domain. A domain with a CNAME record cannot have other resource records
DNAMEBinds all subdomains to the main (canonical) domain so that they point to the IP address of the main domain.
MXIndicates the server to receive incoming mail for the domain. If the domain has multiple mail servers, an MX record must be created for each server with a priority for load balancing
NSIndicates the DNS servers where the domain name resource records are stored. If records are stored on multiple DNS servers, an NS record must be created for each DNS server. When adding a domain to DNS hosting (actual), the necessary NS records are added automatically and cannot be edited or deleted
SOAContains information about the domain zone, created automatically when the zone is created in DNS hosting (actual). SOA entry cannot be edited or deleted
SRVSpecifies the location — hostname and port number of servers for specific services. Each SRV record also specifies the server priority and record weight for load balancing between servers
SSHFPContains the key fingerprint used by the server when connecting over SSH
SVCBContains data for establishing a connection to the site: preferred protocol and its version, IP addresses and ports
HTTPSSpecialized counterpart of the SVCB record for establishing a connection over HTTPS
TXTContains any textual information to be added to the domain settings. For example, it can store a unique token to validate domain rights or a DKIM key for outgoing mailings