Edit DNS Zone File
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A-record, CNAME Record, TXT Record
Updated: June 7, 2022
By: RSH Web Editorial Staff
Log in to your cPanel
Navigate to the "Domains" section and click on "Advanced DNS Zone Editor" option
Choose the domain you would like to edit from a drop-down menu
If you would like to add a new record, navigate to "Add a Record":
A-record: choose 'A' in the drop-down menu next to the "Type" field
(An A record (Address Record) points a domain or subdomain to an IP address)
"Name" must be a domain with an optional period at the end
"TTL" must be a positive integer (in seconds)
"Address" must be an IP-address
Once all the fields are filled click on "Add Record" button
CNAME record: choose 'CNAME' in the drop-down menu:
(A CNAME (Canonical Name) points one domain or subdomain to another domain name, allowing you to update one A-Record each time you make a change, regardless of how many Host Records need to resolve to that IP address)
"Name" must be a domain with an optional period at the end
"TTL" must be a positive integer (in seconds)
"CNAME" must be a valid zone name
Once all the fields are filled click on "Add Record" button
TXT record: choose 'TXT' in the drop-down menu:
"Name" must be a domain with an optional period at the end
"TTL" must be a positive integer (in seconds)
"TXT Data" cannot be empty or more than 255 characters
These records hold free form text of any type. A fully qualified domain may have many TXT records. The most common uses for TXT records are Sender Policy Framework (SPF), DomainKeys (DK), DomainKeys IdentifiedE-mail (DKIM). TXT records historically have also been used to contain human readable information about a server, network, data center and other accounting information
Example: example.com TXT "v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:198.187.31.8 ?all"
Once all the fields are filled click on "Add Record" button
Log in to your cPanel
Navigate to the "Domains" section and click on "Advanced DNS Zone Editor" option:
Choose the domain you would like to edit from a drop-down menu:
From the list of the records, choose the one that you want to edit. Click on "Edit"
Enter values that you need and click on "Edit Record" to save changes
That's it. If any difficulties appear, please do not hesitate to contact us
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