Create a Basic DNS-zone

To create a Basic DNS-zone in your Realtime Register account, follow the instruction below.

1: To create a new Basic DNS-zone, click Basic DNS

2: Submit the domain your creating the DNS-zone for and select whether to use a pre-filled DNS-template or submit records one by one to create the Basic DNS zone

Template option

Select a DNS-template to use that fills the DNS-zone with it's contents

Records option

Define the SOA-record and add DNS-records as required by clicking + Add record and select and configure the DNS-records manually. For instructions on how to configure the SOA-record and format DNS-records in our portal in order to add them to the zone, click on any of the corresponding records in the table below the image to navigate to the KB-article with specific instructions per SOA/DNS-record

Customize SOA-record	Instructions on customizing the SOA-record
Add an A-record	Instructions on adding an A-record
Add an MX-record	Instructions on adding an MX-record
Add a CNAME-record	Instructions on adding a CNAME-record
Add an AAA-record	Instructions on adding an AAA-record
Add a URL-record	Instructions on adding an URL-record
Add a MBOXFW-record	Instructions on adding an MBOXFW record
Add an HINFO-record	Instructions on adding an HINFO-record
Add a NAPTR-record	Instructions on adding an NAPTR-record
Add an NS-record	Instructions on adding an NS-record
Add an SRV-record	Instructions on adding an SRV-record
Add a CAA-record	Instructions on adding an CAA-record
Add a TLSA-record	Instructions on adding a TLSA-record
Add a TXT-record	Instructions on adding a TXT-record
Add an ALIAS-record	Instructions on adding an ALIAS record
Add a DNSKEY-record	Instructions on adding a DNSKEY-record
Add a CERT-record	Instructions on adding a CERT-record
Add a DS-record	Instructions on adding an DS-record
Add a LOC-record	Instructions on adding a LOC-record
Add a SSHFP-record	Instructions on adding a SSHFP-record
Add an URI-record	Instructions on adding an URI-record

3: Once you've configured the zone as required, click Complete to create the Basic DNS-zone

A message indicating the DNS-zone was created successfully will be displayed. You can click View zone to view the newly created Basic DNS-zone

You've now successfully created a Basic DNS-zone in through our portal

Important

Once created, a Basic DNS-zone is not published in the DNS until it is managed by a domain that is registered through Realtime Register. A message is displayed on the the Basic DNS-zone overview page that indicates that the zone is not managed by a domain wnd is not published in the DNS;

To activate the Basic DNS zone in DNS, update a domain in your Realtime Register account to the DNS-zone. For more information on how to update a domain to a Basic DNS zone, go to the Update domain(s) knowledge base article.