How to use the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel

How to use the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel

In This article, we will describe how to use the Zone Editor in cPanel to manage custom DNS records.

What is DNS record?

DNS (Domain Name System) name server stores DNS records for a domain name. There are many types of DNS records, but some of the most usual or common are:

A records: An A record associates a domain name (such as yourdomain.com) with an IP address (such as 104.217.17.165).

CNAME records: CNAME (canonical name) records define aliases by associating one domain name with another. For example, you could create a CNAME record for mail.yourdomain.com associated with yourdomain.com. When a DNS lookup for mail.yourdomain.com occurs, it receives in response the associated yourdomain.com domain, and subsequently performs a lookup on its A record. CNAME records enable you to define multiple domains without having to specify an IP address for each one.

TXT records: TXT records can contain any arbitrary text data. They are often used to define SPF (Sender Policy Framework) or DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) settings.

Note: Only advanced users should modify DNS records otherwise in DNS records are not config rightly then it causes site access problems, and prevent e-mail problems or any other side effects.

Zone Editor in cPanel:

If you want to configure DNS records for your domain, you can do it from cPanel Zone Editor. The Zone Editor option that gives you to quickly and easily change DNS records for your domains.

Adding a record:

To “Add a record“, you must follow these step by steps:

Step 1: First Log in to your cPanel. Then scroll down to the Domains section. Find the “Zone Editor” icon and click on it.

Step 2: Find your domain in the list under the “Domains” heading. Under the “Actions” heading, click the “Manage” option to add a record.

Step 3: Next step to “Add Record”, click the down arrow, and then select the type of record that you want to add.

Step 4: In the Name text box, type the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the record.

Step 5: Next step in the “TTL text box”, type the time-to-live value in seconds. If you don’t know the value to specify, type “14400”, which is four hours.

Step 6: Confirm that the Type list box contains the “Type of Record” that you want to add. (A, AAAA, CAA, CNAME, MX, SRV, TXT)

Step 7: In the Record text box, type the value for the record. If you are adding an “A” record then type the IP address to associate with the domain name that selected before. Or if you adding a “CNAME” record, type the associated canonical name for the domain name that you selected before, and if you adding a “TXT” record, type the data for the TXT record.

Step 8: Final step Click “Add Record”. cPanel adds the record.

“Editing a record”

To “Editing a record“, you must follow these step by steps:

Step 1: First Log in to your cPanel. Then scroll down to the Domains section. Find the “Zone Editor” icon and click on it.

Step 2: Find your domain in the list under the “Domains” heading. Under the “Actions” heading, click the “Manage” option to edit a record.

Step 3: Find out the record that you want to edit, and then click the “Edit” option:

Step 4: Change the value or Modify the values you want to change, and then click “Save Record”. cPanel updates the record.

Note: You must be careful to change or modify record can make your website inaccessible, or cause other unintended side effects.

“Deleting a record”

To “Deleting a record“, you must follow these step by steps:

Step 1: First Log in to your cPanel. Then scroll down to the Domains section. Find the “Zone Editor” icon and click on it.

Step 2: Find out the record that you want to delete, and then click the “Delete” option:

Step 3: At the last “Confirm Deletion” quick, click “Continue”. cPanel deletes the record.

Note: You must be careful to “Deleting” records can make your website inaccessible, or cause other unintended side effects.

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