A record Points a domain/hostname to a specified IPv4 direction. Set your domain to its location.
AAAA Points a hostname to a specified IPv6 address. The distinction, compared to the A record is the version of the IP address.
CNAME record Canonical shows that one domain has another ¡§real¡¨, or ¡§canonical¡¨ domain name. Use it for subdomains.
MX record Mail exchanger DNS record shows which mail server is in charge of accepting emails for the domain.
TXT record There are more than a few TXT records like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. They are often used for verification and security.
NS record Nameserver DNS record. Its purpose is to redirect to the nameserver for the DNS zone.
SOA record Shows where the authority starts. It includes the primary name server and has global parameters for the zone.
SRV record This record indicates the location of servers for a particular service.
PTR record PTR is for Reverse DNS lookups. It will point an IP address to a domain/hostname.
Web Redirect record The Web Redirect record (also known as URL redirect or HTTP forwarding) allows you to redirect the requests for http://yourdomain.com to http://anotherdomain.com.
Less commonly used DNS record types:
ALIAS record This DNS record demonstrates that one domain is an alias for another, but contrary to CNAME, you can use it for the root domain too.
CAA record You can add a Certification Authority Authorization record to show who can issue certificates for the domain.
DS record Use the Delegation Signer to secure delegations in DNSSEC.
RP record Shows the mailbox of the hostname¡¦s administrator.
TLSA record TLSA record associates TLS certificate to the name of the domain.
NAPTR record Commonly used in Internet telephony to map servers and addresses of users in SIP.
You can find information about all available DNS record types in the left sidebar of server panel.
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