ebook - DNS administration
The SliceManager DNS panel allows for powerful management of your domains' DNS records with the easy to use interface.
Learn how to add DNS zones and configure individual A, CNAME and MX records along with much more.
Creating MX records for Google Apps
A common way of handling email for your domain is to use Google Apps.
However, there can be some confusion in setting up the Mail Exchange (MX) records. Let's go through the procedure now.
Create a Mail Exchange (MX) record
Most people use email with their domains. To use email, we need a Mail Exchange (MX) record so any domain email is sent to the right place (whether that is a mail server on the slice or an external mail provider).
Let's set that up now.
Creating a Reverse DNS record
When you enter a domain name into your browser, the DNS system will find the IP address of the server the domain is associated with.
A reverse DNS lookup does the opposite. It establishes what domain is associated with the IP address. This is a useful setting to configure for anyone but essential for those running a mail server for example.
Creating DNS records
Creating DNS records for your domain is easy to do within the Slicehost Management Panel.
In this article we will look at creating a DNS zone for your domain and adding basic A and NS records using the SliceManager interface.
Introduction to dig
Made DNS changes? Not sure if they are correct? Don't want to wait for the changes to propagate before discovering a small typo?
No problem. Using the common but often ignored command 'dig', we can query DNS servers for records, specify records and even specify which DNS server to query.