This article explains how to create DNS records in the advanced mode of Gcore DNS Hosting. Interface mode differences are described in the "About Gcore DNS" article.
Open the All zones tab and select the domain zone you want to add records for. Click the domain zone or click Go to records in the menu that appears when you click on three dots opposite the domain zone. Alternatively, click on the domain name in the "Quick zone selection" list on the left.
The DNS record management page will open. Click Add record set there and proceed with other steps.
In the "Type" section, select the type of DNS record you want to create: A, AAAA, NS, CNAME, MX, SRV, HTTPS, TXT, or CAA. Learn more about them in the article Supported DNS record types.
In the "Name" field, specify which domain or subdomain the record belongs to.
Fill in the "Content" field with an appropriate value for the record type.
Fill in the "Content" field. Enter a value appropriate for your record type.
Record type | Value |
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A | The IP address (IPv4) of the server of the web page that will open by your domain name. Example: 128.128.128.128 |
AAAA | The IP address (IPv6) of the server of the web page that will open by your domain name. Example: 7625:0d18:1fa3:07d7:1f44:8a2e:07a0:678h |
NS | The name of the zone you want to delegate your domain to. Example: ns1.smth.com |
CNAME | The domain or domain zone name that your domain should refer to. Example: uuuuu8.cdn.co |
MX | The name of the mail server that receives mail for your domain. Example: ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM If you are using multiple mail servers, fill in the “Priority” field for each server. The lower the value in this field, the higher the priority. |
SRV | The canonical name of the machine providing the service. Example: sip.example.com |
HTTPS | HTTPS is a resource record that provides information and parameters for how to access a web service available via HTTTS. Example: example.com. 1800 IN HTTPS 1 . alpn=h3,h3-29,h2 ipv4hint=1.2.3.4,9.8.7.6 ipv6hint=2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888, 2001:db8:3333:4444:CCCC:DDDD:EEEE:FFFF |
TXT | Text information the record should contain. Example: logmein-verification-code=976afe6f-8039-40e4-95a5-261b462 |
CAA | Defines the certificate authorities who are allowed to issue an SSL/TLS-certificate for the domain name. The recording consists of three parts which are separated by a space. CAA [flags] [tag] "[value]" The "value" must be enclosed in double-quotes (""). Example: 0 issue "comodo.com" |
TTL (time to live) is the interval in seconds that servers on the internet use to check if the DNS records for your domain have changed. For example, an A-record has a TTL of 300. If you change the value of this record from "10.0.0.1" to "10.0.0.0", within 5 minutes, users requesting your domain will be sent to a server with IP 10.0.0.1 (this value will be stored in the cache of recursive DNS servers). However, after 5 minutes, the DNS server will check the settings and see the new value of the A-record. When your domain is requested, the DNS server will send users to the server with IP 10.0.0.0.
You can add multiple records of the same type to your domain. Click Add record to add another record. A new line will appear, there you can enter the content of the second record and the associated metadata (read about metadata in step 7). Any record can be deleted by clicking the "—" button next to it.
Our DNS server can give different DNS records to different users, for example, sending users from Asia to an Asian server and European users to a European one. This is called balancing. To enable balancing, move the slider in the "Records selection using" section. If balancing is not needed, leave the slider disabled and go to step 8.
We have dedicated a separate article to balancing: Configure weight balancing and Geobalancing. Please acquaint yourself with it to set it up correctly.
After completing the configuration, click the Create button. DNS records with the specified parameters will be created.
1. Open the record settings as described in step 1 of the instructions above.
2. Click Edit in the menu that appears when you click on the three dots next to the desired resource record or on its name.
3. Make the necessary changes.
4. Click Save or Save and Close to apply the new settings.
1. Open the record settings as described in step 1 of the instructions above.
2. Click Delete in the menu that appears when you click on the three dots next to the desired resource record.
3. Confirm the deletion.
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