Zone Administration

Learn how to:

• Create and modify zones
• Delete a zone

Zone Creation and Modification

Key information:

• Upon creating a zone, SOA, NS, A, and AAAA records will be automatically added to it. These records are required to use our DNS service and cannot be modified. The NS and host records are used to define vanity name servers for your zone. Vanity name servers lend a professional appearance to your site's DNS.
• In addition to the above mandatory records, you should create additional records that define how DNS queries will be handled. For information on how to manage records, please refer to the Record Administration topic.
• The maximum length of a zone name is 230 characters.
• Once a zone has been created, its name (e.g., mydomain.com) cannot be modified.

• A zone may be created by importing a zone file.

  • Only zone files exported using the BIND format may be imported into our system.
  • Only import zone files that contain a single zone.
  • Once the zone has been imported, verify that all of the desired records have been transferred.
  • Only zone files that are 4 Megabytes or smaller may be imported.
• The Status option determines whether our name servers will provide an answer for the corresponding zone.

• The creation or modification of a zone will not be saved until Submit Group is clicked.

• Once a zone is ready for Production traffic, delegate the corresponding domain through a domain registrar.

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To create a zone

1. Navigate to the Route (DNS) page.
2. Click Add New.
3. In the Type option, select "Zone."
4. In the Name option, type the name of the zone (e.g., mydomain.com) for which our name servers will be authoritative.

5. Optional. Import a zone that was previously exported from a third-party DNS service provider.

   1. Click Browse.
   2. Browse to and select the desired zone file.
   3. Click Open.
6. Use the Status option to indicate whether our name servers will provide an answer for this zone.
7. Click Add.

8. Add the desired records.

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9. Click Submit Group to save your changes.

Serve Production traffic through this zone by delegating the domain via a domain registrar.
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To modify a zone

1. Navigate to the Route (DNS) page.
2. Click on the desired zone.

3. Optional. Set a comment.

   1. Click Edit which appears to the right of the desired zone.
   2. Specify the desired comment.
   3. Click Done.

4. Optional. Change the zone's status.

   1. Click Edit which appears to the right of the desired zone.
   2. Select the desired status.
   3. Click Done.

5. Add the desired records.

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6. Click Submit Group to save your changes.

Zone Deletion

A zone can be deleted from the Route (DNS) page by simply hovering over the desired zone and then clicking . When prompted, confirm the deletion of the zone.

Key information:

• Zone deletions are permanent. Once a zone has been deleted, it cannot be recovered.
• An alternative to zone deletion is to temporarily disable it by changing its status to "Inactive."
  Learn more.