Reporting Tab

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! The top section of the Cloud DNS Reporting tab will show package utilization information. It compares what you have used to what is included in your subscription. It is possible that the “included” column does not […]

Device Status Tab

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! The Server Status tab displays a history of UP and DOWN status events for devices that are part of DNS Failover Pool and/or are used in Networking (e.g. Cloud Load Balancing, Firewall, etc.) Every time a […]

Change Log Tab

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! The Change Log tracks any activity and changes in your account profile.  It will record DNS changes, Load Balancer adjustments, even successful and unsuccessful login attempts. Change Log Headings: By default, the change log is sorted […]

Resource Record Types

Total Uptime’s Cloud DNS Service supports 27 different DNS resource record types. That includes 26 standard record types and 1 special web-redirect type that we’ve created. Below is a comprehensive list of each record type which you can find in the Cloud DNS management interface. DNS SOA Record This is the “Start of Authority” resource […]

Domains Tab

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! Customers who subscribe to the Cloud DNS service will see the Cloud DNS main tab and this domains sub-tab. There are four main sections as shown above: 1. Main Toolbar The main toolbar is used to […]

Retrieve all domains

Method:              GET URI:                       /CloudDNS/Domain/ALL?{options} This method will return all domains within the account, including all sub-companies, if they exist. The {options} allow you to refine the results retrieved from the API. They must be formatted as a query string, e.g. if you use more than one, the 2nd one onwards should be preceded by an […]

Retrieve All Unassigned IP Addresses

Method:              GET URI:                      /Account/IPAddress/Unused/All?{options} This method will retrieve all of the unused IP Addresses in your account, if any. An IP address ID is required when publishing your Pack. The {options} allow you to refine the results retrieved from […]

Retrieve All Failover Pools

Method:              GET URI:                      /CloudDNS/Failover/Pool/IPv4/ALL?{options} URI:                      /CloudDNS/Failover/Pool/IPv6/ALL?{options} This method will return all failover pools within the account for the specific IP type requested, including all sub-companies, if they exist. The […]

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 […]

Version 3.7 of our Cloud Platform released

Today we released another update to our cloud platform. Our latest update includes additional SSL enhancements as well as back-end improvements to the way we monitor customer devices and route traffic around congestion on the Internet. Here are the most notable changes and bug fixes in this version:   General System/Account Changes: User Primary Email: We […]