The Linode Manager includes a comprehensive DNS management interface. To get started with our DNS Manager, make sure your domain name is set to use our DNS servers. You will need to use your domain name registrar's interface for setting the name servers for your domain to the following entries:
Please allow up to 24 hours for DNS changes to be reflected throughout the Internet, although it may happen much faster.
Before making the changes above, it's a good idea to have the zone already configured in our DNS system. To do this, log into the Linode Manager and click the "DNS Manager" tab. You'll see an empty zone list:
Click "Add a domain zone" to begin setting up your domain in our DNS. Enter the domain name and your SOA email address (use the administrative contact email address for your domain) and click "Add a Master Zone" to proceed. If you wanted to add a slave zone instead, click "I wanted a slave zone."
Several DNS records will be automatically created for your domain. These include a default entry for your domain, A records for "www" and "mail", and an MX record directing mail delivery to "mail.example.com".
You may now add more records as needed. If you wanted to host a store on your site, you might create an A record for it by clicking on "Add a new A Record" and filling in the required fields:
This concludes basic DNS configuration for your domain. If desired, you may also use the "Reverse DNS" link on the "Remote Access" tab in the Linode Manager to set the reverse DNS entry for your Linode's IP address:
Your entry must be represented by an A record or CNAME in DNS, as shown here:
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Last edited by Christopher S. Aker on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 (r2696).
