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Import DNS Records from a Zone File

Import Domains, Import Records

Importing from a zone file is possible if you have a text based zone file in BIND format for your domain.

Example Zone File

$ORIGIN example.com. ; designates the start of this zone file in the namespace
$TTL 1h ; default expiration time of all resource records without their own TTL value
example.com. IN SOA ns.example.com. username.example.com. ( 2007120710 1d 2h 4w 1h )
example.com. IN NS ns
example.com. IN NS ns.somewhere.example.
example.com. IN MX 10 mail.example.com.
@ IN MX 20 mail2.example.com.
@ IN MX 50 mail3
example.com. IN A 192.0.2.1
IN AAAA 2001:db8:10::1
ns IN A 192.0.2.2
IN AAAA 2001:db8:10::2
www IN CNAME example.com.
wwwtest IN CNAME www
mail IN A 192.0.2.3
mail2 IN A 192.0.2.4
mail3 IN A 192.0.2.5
&mbsp;

Import Records

1. Select Managed DNS and select Domains.

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2. Select the Domain Name you want to import.

select a domain

3. Click on the Import Records button.

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4. Select Zone File from the “Import Records from” drop down menu.

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5. Paste a zone file into the text box. If the Replace existing records check box is enabled, all existing records in the domain will be removed. Click Import.

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