Manage Integrated DNS Providers
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Table of Contents
- Before starting
- Connecting an Integrated DNS Provider to your account
- Disconnecting an Integrated DNS Provider from your account
- Have more questions?
Connect an Integrated DNS Provider from the tab in your account settings. Amazon Route 53 and Azure DNS need API credentials from that provider, and DNSimple then lets you choose which of the provider’s zones to import. CoreDNS needs no credentials. Connecting or disconnecting a provider requires Full Access to the DNSimple account.
Before starting
Have the provider’s credentials ready:
- Route 53: an AWS access key ID and secret access key. See Integrated DNS Provider Amazon Route 53 for the permissions the AWS user needs.
- Azure DNS: a subscription ID, tenant ID, resource group, client ID, and client secret. See Integrated DNS Provider Azure DNS.
- CoreDNS: nothing. See Use CoreDNS as an Integrated DNS Provider for the full setup.
Connecting an Integrated DNS Provider to your account
To connect a provider
- If you have more than one account, select the relevant one from the account switcher at the top-right corner of the screen.
- From the account switcher, click , then click the tab.
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Under , click next to the provider.
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In the dialog, enter a that identifies this account at the provider, then the credentials the provider needs. For CoreDNS, the nickname is always CoreDNS and there is nothing to enter.
- Click .
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For Route 53 and Azure DNS, DNSimple lists the zones at the provider. Select the zones to import, and click .
DNSimple takes you to the list, where the import of the selected zones starts. Refresh and Import Integrated Zones explains what the import does. The provider is now listed under on the Integrated Providers tab.
From here, you can:
- Change which zones are imported
- Add a DNSimple zone to the provider, which is how you add zones to CoreDNS
- Manage the zone’s records at DNSimple and the provider
To ask for a provider that is not listed, click .
Disconnecting an Integrated DNS Provider from your account
Disconnecting removes the connection and the integrated zones that came from it. Nothing changes at the provider: its zones and records stay there. Your DNSimple zones and their records also stay at DNSimple.
To disconnect a provider
- If you have more than one account, select the relevant one from the account switcher at the top-right corner of the screen.
- From the account switcher, click , then click the tab.
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Under , click the menu at the end of the provider’s row, then select .
- In the dialog, click .
If something does not work as expected, see Troubleshoot Integrated DNS Providers.
Have more questions?
If you have any questions about connecting Integrated DNS Providers, contact support, and we will be happy to help. You can also read more about DNSimple integrations.