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Creating a Public Zone

Scenarios

Create a public zone for your domain name on the DNS console.

Prerequisites

You have registered a domain name.

Procedure

If your domain name is registered with a third-party registrar, create a public zone and add record sets to it on the DNS console.

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Network > Domain Name Service.

   The DNS console is displayed.

3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Public Zones.

   The Public Zones page is displayed.

4. Click Create Public Zone.
5. Configure the parameters.
   Figure 1 Creating a public zone
   
   Table 1 describes the parameters.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating a public zone

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Domain Name	Domain name you registered.	example.com
   Email	(Optional) Email address of the administrator managing the public zone. Recommended email address: HOSTMASTER@Domain name For more information about the email address, see Why Was the Email Address Format Changed in the SOA Record?	HOSTMASTER@example.com
   Tag	(Optional) Identifier of the domain name. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add a maximum of 20 tags to a zone. For details about tag key and value requirements, see Table 2.	example_key1 example_value1
   Description	(Optional) Supplementary information about the zone. You can enter a maximum of 255 characters.	This is a zone example.

   Table 2 Tag key and value requirements

   Parameter	Requirements	Example Value
   Key	Cannot be left blank. Must be unique for each resource. Can contain a maximum of 36 characters. Can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), at signs (@), and underscores (_).	example_key1
   Value	Cannot be left blank. Can contain a maximum of 43 characters. Can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), at signs (@), and underscores (_).	example_value1

6. Click OK.

   You can view the created public zone on the Public Zones page.

7. Click the domain name or click Manage Record Set under Operation.

   On the Record Sets page, click Add Record Set. For detailed operations, see Record Set Overview.

   

   Click the domain name to view SOA and NS record sets automatically generated for the zone.

   • The SOA record set identifies the base DNS information about the domain name.
   • The NS record set defines authoritative DNS servers for the domain name.

Follow-up Operations

After a public zone is created, you can perform the following operations:

• Add record sets for it. For details, see Record Set Overview.
• Modify or delete it, or view its details. For details, see Managing Public Zones.

Parent topic: Public Zones