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Create and change DNS records
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Create and change DNS records

DNS tells the world where your domain points: which server delivers the website, which one accepts the mail and which texts are published for sender checks. In the "DNS" tab of your web space you maintain the records of the zone yourself - create, edit, temporarily disable or delete them. The nameservers and the SOA record of the main domain stay with HOST-X.

Steps

  1. 1 Open the "DNS" tab in the web space of your domain - the top shows the number of active records, the serial of the zone and the two nameservers.
  2. 2 Click "Add record" and choose the type. The value field below adapts: an IPv4 address for A, a mail server hostname for MX, free text for TXT.
  3. 3 Enter the name: "@" stands for the main domain, anything else becomes a subdomain - "www" gives you www.yourdomain.com.
  4. 4 For MX and SRV also set the priority - the lowest value is used first.
  5. 5 Choose the TTL (5 minutes to 1 week, default 1 hour). It always applies to all records with the same name and type.
  6. 6 Read the preview at the bottom of the dialog - it shows the line exactly as it lands in the zone - and then click "Create".
  7. 7 In the table you can edit every record, disable it (it stays stored but is no longer answered) or delete it after a confirmation.

DNS types: what they stand for

A
IPv4 address of the website
AAAA
IPv6 address of the website
CNAME
Points to another hostname
MX
Mail server, with priority
TXT
Free text, e.g. SPF
SRV
Weight port target
CAA
Who may issue certificates
NS
Delegates a subdomain

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