DNS Administration

Last change on 2024-06-28 • Created on 2020-01-20 • ID: KO-6EBFE

What is DNS Administration?

The DNS management in konsoleH lets you set the basic DNS settings for your domain. You can make a more detailed configuration in the DNS Panel. To ensure that konsoleH still has access to your zone files, for example to set DNS records for the authentication of SSL certificates, please check the box "Allow DNS access for ".

Create zone file

This function creates a default zone, which is intended for standard use of our web hosting products:

$ORIGIN testen.de.
$TTL 7200
; SOA Records
@		IN	SOA	ns1.your-server.de. postmaster.your-server.de. 2023090102 86400 10800 3600000 3600
; NS Records
@		IN	NS	ns.second-ns.com.
@		IN	NS	ns1.your-server.de.
@		IN	NS	ns3.second-ns.de.
; MX Records
@		IN	MX	10 <server name>.
; A Records
@		IN	A	<ipv4 of hosting server>
www		IN	A	<ipv4 of hosting server>
; AAAA Records
@		IN	AAAA	<ipv6 of hosting server>
www		IN	AAAA	<ipv6 of hosting server>
; CNAME Records
autoconfig		IN	CNAME	mail.your-server.de.
; TXT Records
@		IN	TXT	"v=spf1 +a +mx ?all"
; Others
_autodiscover._tcp		IN	SRV	0 100 443 mail.your-server.de.
_imaps._tcp		IN	SRV	0 100 993 mail.your-server.de.
_pop3s._tcp		IN	SRV	0 100 995 mail.your-server.de.
_submission._tcp		IN	SRV	0 100 587 mail.your-server.de.

Important entries for web hosting and managed servers

A and AAAA records

A and AAAA records are responsible for resolving your domain to the relevant IP for your managed server. You can find both the A and AAAA records on konsoleH by going to Details > Hosting Server. Please check that you have correctly set the A and AAAA records so that your domain will be reachable via both IPv4 and IPv6.

; A records
@ IN A <IPv4 for the hosting server>
www IN A <IPv4 for the hosting server>
; AAAA records
@ IN AAAA <IPv6 for the hosting server>
www IN AAAA <IPv6 for the hosting server>

MX

The MX record is responsible for delivering and sending your mails and should always point to the relevant mail server. If you would like to send mails via our server, then the MX record needs to point to your hosting server's name.

; MX records
@ IN MX 10 <server name>.your-server.de.

Important note: Please make sure that the target domain has a "." after the top-level-domain at the end.

CNAME

A CNAME is a DNS entry that is used to create an alias connection from one domain name to another one. Like the MX record, the CNAME record points to a domain that already exists. This is a good thing because it means that you do not need to enter IP addresses and other records twice. However, the CNAME is not a redirect. By default, this CNAME record is already configured for web hosting and managed server customers. It must be set like this if you want to use our mail system.

; CNAME records
autoconfig IN CNAME mail.your-server.de.

Important note: Please make sure that the target domain has a "." after the top-level-domain at the end.

Reset zone file

This function restores your DNS records to the original state of the default zone. All manual changes will be lost.

Deactivate / Activate Zone

This function allows you to enable/disable the zone for your selected domain. A disabled zone will remain on our servers, but will no longer be propagated by our name servers.

Delete zone file

This function removes the zone for your domain from our name servers.

Change nameservers

This function allows you to update your nameservers directly at the registry. Important note: it is NOT enough to simply change the NS records in your zone file.

Please note the following:

  • You must insert at least 2 new DNS servers.
  • Mixing our standard DNS servers with external DNS servers is not possible.
  • The domain must be correctly set up on the DNS servers.
  • As soon as you choose to use external DNS servers, the settings in our DNS administration will not be relevant anymore!
  • Please take note of the DNS propagation time (up to 24 hours).
  • Some domain registration authorities additionally check the DNS servers before the update. Invalid settings aren't saved in this case.

Some top level domains do not support automatic nameserver updates. These updates will only be processed during our normal support hours and may take some time.

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