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 […]
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 […]
Method: PUT URI: /CloudDNS/Domain/{domainID} This method modifies the parameters of an existing domain. It requires post data identical to that for creating a new domain. Field Sample data domainName “example.com” primaryDNS “a1.uberns.com” responsibleEmail “johndoe@example.com” minTTL “300” refreshInterval “14400” retryInterval “7200” expireTime “1209600” soaTTL “14400” domainType […]
Method: POST URI: /CloudDNS/Domain This method creates a new domain. It requires that the following information be posted in order to successfully create the domain: Field Sample data domainName “example.com” primaryDNS “a1.uberns.com” responsibleEmail “johndoe@example.com” minTTL “300” refreshInterval “14400” retryInterval “7200” expireTime “1209600” soaTTL “14400” domainType […]
This is a comprehensive manual for the Cloud DNS service. Shown below is the dashboard you will see if you have a subscription to this product. Based on your subscription options, you may or may not see all of the sub-tabs shown below. Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the vast majority of […]
Today we released another update to our cloud platform. Our latest update includes a number of significant features, enhancements as well as back-end improvements. Here are the most notable changes and bug fixes in this version: General System/Account Changes: CSV table export: We added a new feature to the Domains, Change Log and Server […]
Today we released a significant update to our cloud platform which includes numerous improvements to our user interface and API. This first 2016 release includes a number of new features as well as enhancements that will provide better UI feedback and responsiveness we know will make it simpler and easier for customers to deploy advanced […]
A frequently asked question at Total Uptime is whether to use our cloud DNS platform for Primary DNS or Secondary DNS. Prior to answering that question, we should probably first define the difference between the two, and then the benefits of choosing to use Total Uptime for one over the other. Primary DNS is generally the DNS server […]
Yes! DNS Notify is a revision to the DNS standard (RFC 1996) that proposes that the master server for a zone notify certain secondary servers in that zone of changes, and the secondary servers can then check to see whether they need to initiate a zone transfer. This process can help improve consistency of zone […]
The DNS ‘ANY’ query was not designed to reveal all of the records in the zone file for a specific domain. What the ANY query does, is ask the DNS server to provide all records for the specific hostname you type. For example, if you make an ANY query for “example.com”, it will most likely return all […]