This article explains the process for adding individual zones manually. Alternatively, you can import a zone file from your existing or previous DNS provider.
To create a new zone:
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Click the Zones tab in the main navigation bar to view a list of all DNS zones associated with your account.
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Click Add Zone.
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Enter the domain name.
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If necessary, adjust the zone settings.
There are five TTL values you can define:NOTE
We do not recommend modifying the default TTL settings unless you have a specific need to do so.-
SOA TTL
The interval at which the SOA record itself is refreshed. -
Refresh TTL
The interval at which child servers (secondary DNS) are set to refresh the parent zone file from the parent server. -
Retry TTL
The rate at which a child server will retry to refresh the parent zone file if the initial refresh failed. -
Expiry TTL
If refresh/retry fail repeatedly, this is the time period after which the parent should be considered gone and no longer authoritative for the given zone. -
NX TTL
In the event that requesting the domain results in a non-existent query (NXDOMAIN), this is the amount of time respected by the recursor to return the NXDOMAIN response.
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Refer to the article Best practices: TTL configuration to learn more about setting time-to-live values. -
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When finished, click Save Zone. The new zone will appear in the list and will be populated with an NS record with associated NS1 nameserver.
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Proceed by adding records to the zone.
Refer to this article for instructions on how to create a linked zone.