Advanced Zone Editor
To add a record, perform the following steps:
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If this account owns more than one domain, select the domain that you wish to manage from the Domain menu.
- Select a record type
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A — This record maps hostnames to IP addresses. A records are essential because they allow DNS servers to identify and locate your website and its various services on the Internet. Without appropriate A records, your visitors cannot access your website, FTP site, or email accounts.
Remember:
cPanel configures your DNS records so that visitors can resolve your website and its services, such as FTP and email. Only add A records when you add a service that cPanel & WHM or your service provider does not provide.
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AAAA — This record maps hostnames to IPv6 addresses.
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CNAME — This record creates an alias for another domain name, which DNS looks up. This is useful, for example, if you point multiple CNAME records to a single A record in order to simplify DNS maintenance.
Note:
You cannot point a CNAME record at an IP address.
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SRV — This record provides information about available services on specific ports on your server.
Note:
The SRV record must point at a hostname with an A (or AAAA) record. You cannot point an SRV record at a CNAME record.
- TXT — This record contains text information for various services to read. For example, TXT records can specify data for the SPF (Sender Policy Framework) or DKIM (Domain Keys Mail Identifier) email authentication systems.
Note:
On servers that run CentOS 7, you may see a
namedwarning about the absence of SPF resource records on DNS.- This warning is not relevant on CentOS 7 servers, because RFC 7208 deprecated SPF records. CentOS 7 servers use TXT records instead of SPF records.
- Red Hat 7.1 and CentOS 7.1 both contain
bind-9.9.4-23.el7, which is an updated version of BIND that complies with RFC 7208. To resolve this issue, update your operating system to a version that contains the updated version of BIND. For more information, read the the Red Hat Bugzilla case about SPF record errors.
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- :Enter the appropriate information for the record type that you select.
- Click Add A Record.
Edit a record
To edit a record, perform the following steps:
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If this account owns more than one domain, select the domain that you wish to manage from the Domain menu.
- Click Edit next to the record that you wish to edit.
- Change the information in the text boxes as necessary.
- Click Edit Record to save your changes, or click Cancel to discard them.
Delete a record
To delete a record, perform the following steps:
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If this account owns more than one domain, select the domain that you wish to manage from the Domain menu.
- Click Delete next to the record that you wish to remove.
- Click Delete.
