Create DNS Records for cloud servers with the Control Panel

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This article provides instructions for creating a DNS zone for your
domain and adding basic A, MX, and CNAME records by using the Cloud
Control Panel.

DNS servers for cloud servers

Following are the preferred DNS servers for your cloud server:

• ns.rackspace.com
• ns2.rackspace.com

Following are the default DNS servers for your cloud servers:

• dns1.stabletransit.com
• dns2.stabletransit.com

Create a DNS zone for your domain

1. Log in to the Cloud Control Panel.

2. Select Networking > Cloud DNS.

3. Continue with the following procedures to create the records for
   your domain's DNS zone.

Add a domain

1. Click Create Domain.

2. In the popup dialog box, enter the following information:

   • Name of your domain.
   • Email address publicly associated as the admin and contact for
     the domain.
   • Time to live (TTL) for the domain.

3. Click Create Domain.

Add an A record

An A record is an IPv4 address record that you use to point your domain
to an IP address. It is also known as an A name.

1. On the Cloud DNS page, click the gear icon next to your domain and
   select Add DNS Record.

2. In the popup dialog box, select A/AAAA Record for the
   record type.

3. Enter the following information:

   • The hostname for your domain (optional).
   • Target (IP address of the server).
   • Time to live (TTL). The TTL refers to the time it will take for
     your computer to refresh DNS information. It is referred to in
     seconds of time.

4. Click Add Record.

Add a CNAME record

A CNAME record, also known as a canonical name record, is a record type
in the DNS that you use to indicate that your domain name is an alias
for your domain's canonical name. Subdomains and IP addresses for your
domain are defined by the canonical domain.

Use a CNAME record to point to another record.

1. Click the action gear next to your domain and click Add DNS
   Record.

2. Select CNAME Record for the record type.

3. Enter the following information:

   • The hostname for your domain (optional).
   • Target (for your domain)
   • Time to live (TTL). The TTL refers to the time it will take for
     your computer to refresh DNS information. It is referred to in
     seconds of time.

4. Click Add Record

Add an MX record

Use the Mail Exchange (MX) is a DNS record that points to the server
that handles your domain-related email delivery. You create an MX record
for your domain that allows you to set up an email address. For example,
you can create an MX record to create the email address
[email protected]. You can send email without setting up the MX
record for your domain name, but you cannot receive emails without it.

1. On the Cloud DNS page, click the gear icon next to your domain and
   select Add DNS Record.

2. In the popup dialog box, select MX Record for the record type.

3. Enter the following information:

   • The hostname for your domain (optional).
   • Domain of the mail server.
   • Priority. The MX record priority is a setting you will use when
     your domain name uses more than one mail server. The priority
     that you set for your MX record affects the load sharing and the
     order in which multiple mail servers are used, and also allows
     the use of primary and backup mail servers.
   • Time to live (TTL). TTL refers to the time it will take for your
     computer to refresh DNS information. It is referred to in
     seconds of time.

4. Click Add Record.

Delete a record from your domain

1. On the Cloud DNS page, click the name of the domain.

2. On the domain page, scroll down to the Records section, and
   choose one of the following methods to delete a record:

   • Select the check box next to the record that you want to delete,
     click Actions, and select Delete records. You can use
     this method to delete multiple records at once.

   • Click the gear icon next to the record and select Delete
     Record.

Delete a domain

Use one of the following methods to delete a domain on the Cloud DNS
page.

• Click the gear icon next to the domain, and select Delete
  Domain.

• Select the check box next to the domain and click Delete at the
  top of the domain list.