By Alain Francois
Nameservers store Domain Name Servers (DNS) records, which is information indicating that a specific domain maps to the corresponding IP address. Every interaction with the web is uses DNS records to provide the necessary information about a domain name, hosting, and other registration information across every site on the Internet.
A DNS record is a database that maps URLs to IP addresses. The URL is forwarded to the DNS servers and directed to the specific server matching the corresponding IP. A DNS record has specific rules in a DNS zone. There are some DNS entries you can create and common records types you will see frequently.
DNS works with zones, and there are many types of zones (primary, secondary lookup, reverse lookup zones) that can host different recourse records. In practice, DNS records are just text that is easy to edit. The most commonly used DNS record types are:
AAAA: It points a hostname to a specific IPv6 address.
A DNS record is a parameter of a domain name. Alibaba Cloud offers a service name Alibaba Cloud DNS that is a secure, fast, stable, and scalable authoritative DNS service:
You will be brought to domain name management. Click on your domain to edit its configuration:
After clicking on your domain name, choose "add Record":
A new window will be prompted where you can see a list of the records available on Alibaba Cloud DNS:
You can see a list of records containing everything we have seen earlier. You will also see new records that we have not seen previously:
Note: Don't forget! You also need to fill in the IP address of the server it points to when adding DNS records.
When managing DNS, you also need to manage the DNS records. More DNS records exist, and we have seen the common ones, giving us a better idea of what it is. You should notice that some providers can offer some other records that we have not seen.
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