Internet Load Balancing and Failover for Multiple ISP Links

Controlling traffic is a key facet of internet management. Sometimes primary connections will go down. Or too much traffic may cause congested links or overwhelmed devices to become unusable. We wrote about the implementation of load balancing in the cloud in a 2017 blog post. When people think of load balancing, they usually think about traffic that […]

User Columns

Select which columns you’d like displayed in the Users table.  Categories listed on the left are columns that will appear in the table.  Categories on the right are columns that are available, but not selected to appear in the table.  To add a column, press the “+” beside the category name on the right-hand list.  […]

Edit a User

You can edit a user by selecting the desired user and clicking on the “Edit” button.  You will see this screen displayed to edit your user’s details with:  Fields with an asterisk (*) are required fields   First Name*: User’s first name. Last Name*: User’s last name. Title: User’s title (Mr. Ms. Miss. Mrs. etc…) […]

Add A User

You can add a user by clicking on the “Add” button.  You will see this screen displayed to add your user’s details with:  Fields with an asterisk (*) are required fields Company Name*: Select which company or sub-company the user is being created under from the drop-down list. First Name*: User’s first name. Last Name*: […]

Redundancy: When Too Much is Just Right

Redundancy is indispensable in the world of information technology. Of course, redundancy is not welcome in every aspect of life. If your company doesn’t need you anymore and makes you “redundant”, you’ll have to look for another job. Poorly written text may be credited to the Department of Redundancy Department. The concept of redundancy is […]

Zone Transfers

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! By default, no DNS servers other than those controlled by Total Uptime are allowed to perform a Zone Transfer (AXFR or IXFR). This is the recommended best practice and ensures the security of your zone by […]

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 […]

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 […]

Edit an Existing Domain

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 […]