Adding an A Record Set

Scenarios

If you want end users to access your website, web application, or cloud server configured with an IPv4 address via its domain name, add an A record set for this domain name.

For more information about the types of record sets, see Record Set Types and Configuration Rules.

Prerequisites

You have a website, web application, or cloud server and obtained an IPv4 address.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. In the service list, choose Network > Domain Name Service.

    The DNS console is displayed.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Public Zones or Private Zones.

    The zone list is displayed.

  4. (Optional) If you have selected Private Zones, click on the upper left corner to select the region and project.
  5. Click the domain name.
  6. Click Add Record Set.

    The Add Record Set dialog box is displayed.

  7. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.
    Table 1 Parameters for adding an A record set

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Name

    Prefix of the domain name to be resolved.

    For example, if the domain name is example.com, the prefix can be as follows:

    • www: The domain name is www.example.com, which is usually used for a website.
    • Left blank: The domain name is example.com.

      The Name field cannot be set to an at sign (@). Just leave it blank.

    • abc: The domain name is abc.example.com, a subdomain of example.com.
    • mail: The domain name is mail.example.com, which is typically used for email servers.
    • *: The domain name is *.example.com, which is a wildcard domain name, indicating all subdomains of example.com.

    www

    Type

    Type of the record set.

    A message may be displayed indicating that the record set you are trying to add conflicts with an existing record set.

    A – Map domains to IPv4 addresses

    TTL (s)

    Cache duration of the record set on a local DNS server, in seconds.

    The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647, and the default is 300.

    If your service address changes frequently, set TTL to a smaller value.

    300

    Value

    IPv4 addresses mapped to the domain name.

    You can enter a maximum of 50 record values, each on a separate line.

    192.168.12.2

    192.168.12.3

    Tag

    (Optional) Identifier of a record set. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add a maximum of 20 tags to a record set.

    For details about tag key and value requirements, see Table 2.

    example_key1

    example_value1

    Description

    (Optional) Supplementary information about the record set.

    You can enter a maximum of 255 characters.

    N/A
    Table 2 Tag key and value requirements

    Parameter

    Requirements

    Example Value

    Key
    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Must be unique for each resource.
    • Can contain a maximum of 36 characters.
    • Can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), at signs (@), and underscores (_).

    example_key1

    Value
    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Can contain a maximum of 43 characters.
    • Can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), at signs (@), and underscores (_).

    example_value1
  8. Click OK.
  9. Switch back to the Record Sets tab.

    The added record set is in the Normal state.

Related Operations

For details about how to configure A record sets, see Configuring a Public Zone.

Parent topic: Adding Record Sets