How can I create a DNS template and how can I use it?

To enable you to manage your DNS settings quickly and effectively, we provide our Anycast customers with the option to create their own DNS templates. With a DNS template, you can combine recurring DNS entries in one template and use it when creating a DNS zone or making changes.

How can I create a DNS template?

1

Log into your customer account on our website.

2

In the Dashboard, click "My Purchases" in the top menu and select "DNS Zones". Alternatively, you can click the yellow list icon in the overview under "DNS Zones".

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In the overview of your DNS zones you can find the drop-down menu "Tools". After clicking on it, please select "Zone Templates".

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In the overview of zone templates please select now the option "Add template" to create a new template.

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Now you can enter the information you want the template to contain. The following fields are available:

Template Name
Enter the name of the template here to be able to distinguish it from others later.
Primary DNS
Enter here the primary DNS server to be accessed first in case of a request.
Email
Enter your email address here.
Serial
This is the serial number of the zone. This is automatically incremented by one with each change. (Will be set automatically.)
Refresh
This is the number of seconds between refresh requests from secondary and slave name servers. (Will be set automatically.)
Retry
This is the number of seconds the secondary or slave name server waits before retrying, if the last attempt failed. (Will be set automatically.)
Expire
This is the number of seconds a primary or secondary name server waits before considering the data stale, if the primary name server is unreachable. (Will be set automatically.)
Minimum
This value was previously used to determine the minimum TTL and is used for negative caching. This is the default TTL if the domain does not specify a TTL. (Will be set automatically.)
TTL
This is the number of seconds a domain is cached locally before it expires and is returned to authoritative name servers for updated information. (Will be set automatically.)

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Now create the desired zone entries that you want to save in the template. You can add additional lines via the plus sign (+).

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Click "Save" to apply the template.

How can I use my DNS template?

1

Log into your customer account on our website.

2

In the Dashboard, click "My Purchases" in the top menu and select "DNS Zones". Alternatively, you can click the yellow list icon in the overview under "DNS Zones".

3

Select the domain for which you want to use the template. To do this, click either the domain name or the yellow icon with the pencil on the right.

4

Click "Load Template" above the zone of your domain.

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You will now be offered 3 options on how to transfer your template to the zone:

Replace
This option will remove all existing entries in the DNS zone and replace them with the entries in the template.
Merge
This option will add the missing entries from the template. If there are existing entries with the same type and source, they will be overwritten with the entries from the template.
Append
This option simply transfers all entries from the template to the zone and appends them to the existing entries.

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Click "Save" to apply the changes.