Managing DNS

Customizing DNS Zone Configuration

NOTE: This article pertains to the management of DNSClosed The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. A Domain Name Service resolves queries for these names into IP addresses for the purpose of locating computer services and devices worldwide. By providing a worldwide, distributed keyword-based redirection service, the Domain Name System is an essential component of the functionality of the Internet. for domains subscribed to our PleskClosed Plesk Panel is the preferred choice for hosting service providers, web designers, and website owners. Plesk Obsidian 18 is the latest release from Plesk and offers a range of new benefits and features for every user type. Web Hosting packages. For the management of DNS for domain using Advanced or Premium DNS, please see: See also: Advanced DNS or See also: Premium DNS

For each new domain name, your Plesk Web Hosting Control Panel automatically creates DNS zone in accordance with the configuration preset defined by Webnames. The domain names should work fine with the automatic configuration, however if you need to perform custom modifications in the domain name zone, you can do that through your control panel.

To view the resource records in a DNS zone of a domain

To see the records currently present in a domain’s DNS zone, go to Websites & Domains > DNS Settings. You can also add, modify, and remove records on this screen.

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Adding Resource Records

To add a record, click Add Record. Select a resource record type, and specify the appropriate data:

To modify a record, click its name. To remove a record, select the checkbox next to the record’s name and click Remove. Note that removing certain records will affect the functioning of your domain. For example, removing the A record will prevent it from resolving. If you made changes to the DNS zone that affect the functioning of your website, you can restore the default DNS records by clicking Reset to Default. This will undo all the changes made to the DNS zone and recreate it according to the server-wide DNS template. Note that any custom records you may have added to the zone will be lost.

The DNS zone also includes the SOA records template. You can see and change the SOA recordClosed Specifies authoritative information about a DNS zone, including the primary name server, the email of the domain administrator, the domain serial number, and several timers relating to refreshing the zone. values in Websites & Domains > DNS Settings > SOA. Selecting the Use serial number format recommended by IETF and RIPE checkbox changes the way Plesk stores SOA serial numbers from the Unix timestamp to the YYYYMMDDNN format recommended by RIPE. Using the YYYYMMDDNN format is required for many domain registrars, mostly European ones. If your registrar refuses your SOA serial number, enabling this option may help.

You can explicitly specify which name sever will be the trusted source of data for slave name servers by appointing this name server as the primary one for your domain. To do so, under “Primary Name Server”, select the desired name server.

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NOTE: If SOA serial numbers are stored in the format recommended by IETF and RIPE, the number of daily changes of the SOA record is limited by 98 times. If you change a SOA record in a domain 98 times during one day, the SOA serial number cannot be changed any more, clicking the Default button will remove all the records from the DNS zone, and the DNS service for the DNS zone cannot be switched on/off or switched to slave/master mode.