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DNS Zone Manager

The DNS Zone Manager lists every authoritative zone PowerDNS serves on this server and lets you edit its records, add standalone zones, reset a zone to the defaults and re-create missing zones.

Where to find itServer panel › DNS Functions › DNS Zone Manager ; Add a DNS Zone ; Synchronize DNS Zones

Browse and search zones

Open DNS Functions > DNS Zone Manager. The table lists each zone and the account that owns it (or "standalone"). Use the search box to filter by zone or account. Zones for account domains are created and removed together with the domain; resellers see only their own accounts' zones.

PanelFi DNS Zone Manager
The DNS Zone Manager.

Edit records

  1. Click Edit records beside a zone.
  2. Use the type filter (All, A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV, CAA, NS) to narrow the table, which shows Name, TTL, Type and Record.
  3. Click Add record, or the quick buttons + A, + CNAME, + MX, + TXT. Choose the Type, enter the Name (relative to the zone), the Record value, a Priority (for MX and SRV) and the TTL (seconds), then click Add record.
  4. To change a record click Edit, then Save record. To remove one click Delete and confirm.
PanelFi zone record editor
Editing a zone's records.

Changes go live on this server's nameservers within seconds. Other resolvers may cache old answers for up to the record's TTL. The SOA record is managed by PanelFi and cannot be edited. Deleting the last NS record at the zone apex is refused.

Add a standalone zone

  1. Click Add a DNS zone (or DNS Functions > Add a DNS Zone). Administrators only.
  2. Enter the Domain and the IPv4 address for the zone; it is used for the apex, www and mail records.
  3. Click Create zone.

Use a standalone zone to serve DNS for a domain that has no hosting account here. Standalone zones can be deleted with Delete zone in the zone's danger area (type the zone name to confirm); account zones are removed with the domain.

Reset a zone

On a zone's page, Reset zone replaces all records with the default set pointing at this server. Custom records are lost, so type the zone name to confirm. It also recreates a zone that is missing from the DNS server.

Synchronize DNS zones

Click Synchronize DNS zones (administrators) to re-create zones that exist for account domains but are missing from the DNS server. The result says how many missing zones were recreated.

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