Integrated DNS Providers

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DNSimple supports the ability to synchronize, manage, and view zones that are deployed in other DNS providers external to DNSimple. DNSimple calls these providers “Integrated DNS Providers” and zones “integrated zones”.

Supported features

  • Import integrated zones: When you link an Integrated DNS Provider to your DNSimple account, zones hosted on that Integrated DNS Provider will be imported into DNSimple and listed on the Domain Names page.
  • Adding and removing integrated zones: Add or delete zones to/from the Integrated DNS Provider, from within DNSimple.
  • Manage integrated zone records: List, create, update, and delete integrated zone records from DNSimple using the Deployment Editor.
  • Sync integrated zone records: Sync your zone records from the integrated zone to DNSimple, or from DNSimple to the integrated zone, with the Deployment Editor.

The list of supported features and record types differs for each Integrated Provider. See the provider page for more information.

Supported Integrated DNS Providers

To manage integrated zones from DNSimple, you first have to link an Integrated DNS Provider to your DNSimple account.

DNSimple supports zone integration with the providers listed below.

Supported record types

Supported record types can be synced from/to DNSimple to/from an Integrated DNS Provider.
However, record fields not supported by DNSimple or the destination provider may be ignored. View the supported record types for AWS Route 53, CoreDNS, and Azure.

Linking an Integrated DNS Provider to your account

  1. At DNSimple, go to the page, and click the tab.
  2. Under
  3. Fill in any required paramaters for the Integrated DNS Provider configuration.
  4. Fill in any necessary credentials for your account at the Integrated DNS Provider.
    Enter Integrated DNS Provider credentials
  5. After successfully linking the Integrated DNS Provider, you will arrive back on the DNSimple Integrated Providers page with the Integrated DNS Provider newly linked to your account, listed under “Linked providers”. You can view the imported integrated zones from the Domain Names page, and manage and sync integrated zone records from the Deployment Editor.
    Account integrated providers list

Unlinking an Integrated DNS Provider from your account

  1. At DNSimple, go to the page, and click the tab.
  2. Under

Adding a zone to an Integrated DNS Provider

If you have an existing domain name in DNSimple, you can also add it to an Integrated DNS Provider from the DNS section of the domain management page. If the Integrated DNS Provider has not yet been linked to your DNSimple account, you will be prompted to do so.

  1. Click on the DNS tab on the domain’s management page.

    Domain DNS tab link

  2. Click the button corresponding to the desired Integrated DNS Provider inside the card.

    Adding a Zone from DNS Zone Providers

  3. If the Integrated DNS Provider is already linked to the DNSimple account, select the desired one (if there is more than one from the same provider type, e.g. Azure), and click to add the zone to the provider. For instance, if the provider is Azure, the zone will be added to Azure.

    Adding a Zone to an already linked DNS Provider

  4. If the Integrated DNS Provider is not already linked to the DNSimple account, you will have to input the prerequisite details to link it to the account before the zone can be added to the provider. The prerequisites for each Integrated DNS Provider can be found on each provider’s support article page. The Integrated DNS Provider will be linked to the DNSimple account, and the zone will then be added to the provider.

    Adding a Zone to a DNS Provider that has not yet been linked

Removing a zone from an Integrated DNS Provider

If you’ve imported a zone into DNSimple from an Integrated Provider, you can use the DNS Zone Providers card to delete the zone at the Provider. This retains the zone and its records at DNSimple, but deletes them from the provider. In the case of CoreDNS, the CoreDNS configuration for the zone will be deleted, causing DNS changes for the zone to no longer sync with the CoreDNS cluster.

  1. Click on the DNS tab on the domain’s management page.

    Domain DNS tab link

  2. Click on the button corresponding to the desired Integrated DNS Provider inside the card.

    Deleting a Zone from the DNS Zone Providers card

  3. Confirm the deletion of the zone from the Integrated DNS Provider by entering the name of the zone and clicking on the button. The zone will be deleted from the Integrated DNS Provider, but will still be available at DNSimple.

    Deleting a Zone from a DNS provider