This video tutorial provides basic information and procedures for managing DNS records. For detailed information, see the complete DNS Records article. The aforementioned article on changing the SPF record can be found at the Emails - SPF record link.
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DNS records are used to route requests to a domain. Thanks to them, visitors can find the website on the web host and deliver email to the mailserver. In addition, the records can contain various other settings and domain validation.
Before you start setting up DNS records, check with your domain registrar to see who the DNS server provider is. Setting up records on foreign DNS servers will not affect the functioning of your domain.
Make sure you have all the details of the changes you are going to make ready before you set up. Most important are the names, types, and dates of the records you have to enter. You will get these from the provider of the service you are setting up in DNS.
To edit DNS in the VEDOS administration, log in to your customer account and follow these steps:
- Click DNS in the navigation bar.
- From the list, select the domain for which you want to change DNS records.
- On the left menu, click DNS Records.
To continue working with the interface, follow these instructions for specific changes to records.
Most commonly, you set up records for the web. These are type A and AAAA records. If your web provider only uses Type A records, delete existing Type AAAA records with the same name. Just click on the cross icons on the left side of the table, or select these records and click on the Delete Selected Records button below the table.
To edit a record, click the pencil button, update the record data, and confirm with the Edit Record button.
For DNS records, it is common to specify one set of A (or AAAA) records without a name, i.e. for the main domain, and one with the character * in the title. These capture any subdomains that we don't have specified in DNS.
If you want to specify a subdomain, for example because it points to a different server, add a new entry.
To add a new subdomain record, click New Record. In the table, fill in:
- Subdomain name, for example eshop
- Type, often A, AAAA, or CNAME
- Your provider's data
Confirm the settings by clicking the Save Record button.
Add a new master domain record in the same way, but leave the Name field blank.
For emails, you primarily set up MX records. These are usually untitled records that work on the main domain. The data for these records consists of two parts:
- The first part is a number called priority. Higher priority servers have lower numbers.
- The second part is the mailserver address itself.
So in this example, most of the numbers go through these two servers, this third one has a higher number and works as a backup.
If you are switching to another mail hosting provider, you can edit the existing records to new ones and delete any remaining ones. If the new MX provider has more records, add more as needed. These records are usually entered without a name.
The so-called SPF record is used for the correct functioning of the mail. It is an untitled record with the TXT type, and it contains the data that the email solution provider tells you. For VEDOS, you can find it, for example, in a separate article in the knowledge base.
When you have finished editing, click Apply Changes. Keep in mind that it usually takes several tens of minutes to write the changes. If it doesn't take an hour, make sure the domain is actually using WEDOS DNS servers, or clear your browser cache and reload the site.