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Check resource records

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 package:

    sudo apt-get install dnsutils

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

    dig <example.com> NS

    Specify <example.com> — 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> — NS server obtained in step 3;
    • <type> — 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.