DNS articles
Announcements
Getting Started
Explanation
DNS Basics
- What Is DNS?
- Common DNS Records
- What Is a Zone File?
- What Is Time-to-Live?
- What Is Resolution Status?
- What Is dig?
- What Is Dynamic DNS?
- DNSimple Points of Presence
- What Is Anycast DNS and Why Use It?
- Why Should I Use DNSimple as a DNS Hosting Provider?
DNS Records
- What Is an A Record?
- What Is an AAAA Record?
- What Is an ALIAS Record?
- What Is a CAA Record?
- What Is a CNAME Record?
- What Is a DKIM Record?
- What Is a DMARC Record?
- What Is an MX Record?
- What Are Null MX Records?
- What Is an NS Record?
- What Are NAPTR Records?
- What Is a POOL Record?
- What Are Reverse DNS Lookups and PTR Records?
- What Is an SOA Record?
- What Is an SPF Record?
- What Is an SRV Record?
- What Are SSHFP Records?
- What Are Service Binding Records (SVCB and HTTPS)?
- What Is a TLSA Record?
- What Are System Records?
- What Is a TXT Record?
- What Is a URL Record?
- Differences Between A and CNAME Records
- Differences Among A, CNAME, ALIAS, and URL Records
- Differences Between HTTPS and ALIAS Records
- Differences Between HTTPS and URL Records
DNS Concepts
- What Is DANE (DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities)?
- What Are DS Records?
- What Are Empty Non-Terminals (ENT)?
- What Are Glue Records?
- What Are HINFO Records?
- Reverse DNS Zones
- Explanation of Regional Records
- What Is EDNS Client Subnet Support?
- How Does Zone Verification Work?
- What Is Zone Verification and Why Does It Matter?
- How Long Does a New DNS Record Take to Resolve?
- Protection Against DDoS Attacks
- Why DNSSEC and Secondary DNS May Not Work Together
- How ALIAS Records Resolve with Secondary DNS
- Why You Should Auto-Import DNS Records
- What Is Domain Delegation?
Integrated DNS Providers
- What Are Integrated DNS Providers and Why Use Them?
- Integrated DNS Provider Amazon Route 53
- Integrated DNS Provider Azure DNS
- Integrated DNS Provider CoreDNS
How to
Managing DNS Records
- How To Add Common DNS Records
- Manage A Records
- Manage AAAA Records
- Manage CAA Records
- Manage CNAME Records
- Manage TLSA Records
- Manage URL Records
- Manage Service Binding Records (SVCB and HTTPS)
- Add an SRV Record
- Query MX Records
- How to Use the Record Editor
- Create a Record Note
- Create a Record Deletion Note
- Record Notes
- View Record Notes and Audit History
- How to Change TTL in DNSimple
Managing DNS Zones
- Activate and Deactivate a DNS Zone
- Export Zone File
- Import Zone File
- Zone NS Records
- Check Resolution Status
- Check DNS Cache
- How to Use dig
- Set Up Simple Dynamic DNS
Email Setup
- Set Up DKIM
- Set Up DMARC
- Set Up SPF Records
- Verify DKIM with dig and Online Tools
- Verify DMARC with dig and Online Tools
- Verify SPF with dig and Online Tools
- Set Up MX Records for Email Hosting
- Set Up Null MX Records
- Manage Email DNS Records
- Manage MX Records When Changing Email Providers
- Email DNS Records Quick Reference
Managing Integrated DNS Providers
- Manage Integrated DNS Providers
- Manage Integrated Zones for Integrated DNS Providers
- Manage Integrated Zone Records
- Import Integrated Zone Records
- Refresh and Import Integrated Zones
- Sync Integrated Zone Records Between DNS Providers
- How to Use CoreDNS as an Integrated DNS Provider
- How to Use Route 53 as an Integrated DNS Provider
- Auto-Import DNS Records
DNSSEC Management
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot DNSimple Name Servers
- Troubleshoot Domain Resolution Issues
- Troubleshoot Empty Non-Terminal Issues
- Troubleshoot Record Resolution Issues
- How to Fix Empty Responses from Empty Non-Terminals
Reference
- DNS Glossary
- Supported DNS Records and DNS Record Types
- A Record Format
- AAAA Record Format
- ALIAS Record Reference
- CAA Record Format and Policy Tags
- CNAME Record Reference
- DKIM Record Reference
- DMARC Record Reference
- HINFO Record Reference
- MX Record Reference
- POOL Record Reference
- PTR Record Reference
- SOA Record Reference
- SPF Record Syntax and Validation Reference
- SRV Record Format and Components Reference
- SSHFP Record Reference
- TLSA Record Format and Components Reference
- TXT Record Format and Long Record Handling
- URL Record Format and Technical Details
- dig Reference Guide
- External DNS Diagnostic Tools
- DNSimple Interface Reference for DNS Management
- DNSimple TTL Settings Reference
- IPv6 Domain Resolution Reference
- Resolving with DNSimple
- Understand DNSimple's Record Editors Simple vs. Field-Specific