Adding DNS records for a domain (CNAME, A, AAAA, NS, TXT)

You can add DNS records for your domain in the DirectAdmin control panel. To do this, you have to:

  1. Log in to the Directadmin panel at https://ваш_домен:2222
  2. Under “Account Management” select “DNS Management”
Adding DNS records for a domain (CNAME, A, AAAA, NS, TXT)

Press the “Add Record” button.

Adding DNS records for a domain (CNAME, A, AAAA, NS, TXT)

4. Select the record type, enter the domain (or subdomain) name, and fill in the value for the new record.

Adding DNS records for a domain (CNAME, A, AAAA, NS, TXT)

5. Then click the Add button

You can also change the TTL value. To do this, you have to:

1. On the “DNS Management” menu, click “Override TTL value”.

Adding DNS records for a domain (CNAME, A, AAAA, NS, TXT)

2. Select the “Custom” option and enter the desired value.

Adding DNS records for a domain (CNAME, A, AAAA, NS, TXT)

Press the “Save” button

  • The RECORD TYPE field specifies the type of resource record: A, NS, MX, CNAME, PTR, TXT, SRV, AAAA;
  • field NAME can contain any values of the specified domain or subdomain, you can also set:@ – the value will refer to the primary domain name; * – the value will refer to all subdomains for which there are no separate DNS records;
  • The VALUE field can contain any data, except for A-type entries, which contain only the IP address;
  • According to RFC rules, a CNAME-type record cannot be used for a primary domain and also cannot be used with another record for that subdomain;
  • TTL determines the “life” of the recording, more details on this parameter can be found here.
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