How to edit DNS zone in cPanel
A-record
CNAME record
TXT record
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Log in to your cPanel.
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Navigate to the “Domains” section and click on “Advanced DNS Zone Editor” option:
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Choose the domain you would like to edit from a drop-down menu:
A-record
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If you would like to add a new record, navigate to “Add a Record”:
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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
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
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.
To edit existing record, please perform following steps:
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Log in to your cPanel.
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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 via LiveChat or HelpDesk.
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