Import Domain from Copy and Paste

Method:              POST URI:                     /CloudDNS/Domain/Import/FromCopyPaste This method imports a domain from copy and paste. It requires that the following information be posted in order to successfully import the domain: domainName “example.com” nameServer “ns1.example.net” dnsType “Primary” – Also supports “Secondary”, “Reverse” data “string” overwrite “string”

Import Domain from the Internet

Method:              POST URI:                     /CloudDNS/Domain/Import/FromInternet This method imports a domain from the internet. It requires that the following information be posted in order to successfully import the domain: Field Sample data domainName “example.com” nameServer “ns1.example.net”

Network Availability – Is it Important to you?

Alright, we admit that our company has a certain obsession with network availability we collectively call “uptime”. It’s even in our name. We’re totally committed to keeping services up and running for our clients. And while uptime is our best friend, we seem to spend a lot of time thinking about the enemy:  downtime. We’ve […]

Import/Export Tab

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! The Import / Export tab within Cloud DNS allows you to easily bulk-add new domains to the platform, as well as export domains (currently one-by-one) in a traditional text file format for easy backup or for […]

Enterprise DNS – Is it really that important?

Quick, name the most important server in your network – Web server? Active Directory server? Mail server?   Those are all important no doubt, but your DNS servers are probably the most critical to your network operations.  Imagine you were traveling within a foreign country you had never visited before and the area was totally […]

How do I export domains from GoDaddy for import into Total Uptime?

To export your domains from GoDaddy basic DNS and import them into our DNS portal, you should follow these steps. log into GoDaddy and click to “manage” your domains. Click on the domain you wish to export Click on the DNS ZONE FILE tab to view the DNS configuration. Click the MORE link/arrow to pull […]

Load Balancers – an important component for disaster recovery

We recently read, with great interest, an article in CIO entitled How load balancing is playing a bigger role in tech transitions.  John Moore takes a real-world IT DR scenario, discussing traditional load balancers and today’s more sophisticated Application Delivery Controllers and how they are helping organizations implement disaster recovery strategies or generally increase application availability. […]

The importance of an audit trail – tracking DNS changes

In our most recent cloud platform update, we added a new feature that gives our customers an audit trail of every DNS change that has been made. We’ve appropriately called it the “Change Log”. This long-anticipated feature can be found in its own tab in the Account section of the management interface. What the change […]