> Please login into your SolidCP account.
> Please click on the “Domains” logo under the “System” Section.
> Please click on the domain which you wish to change or manage the domain’s DNS record.
> Please click on the “Edit DNS zone records”.
> Please add record here
A record
What is an A record?
> A record is used to point your website to the server. A record only accepts IPv4 addresses and AAAA records for IPv6.
> Please click on the add record in order to add A record.
> Please select A record type from the drop-down box. You need to specify “records name” and the IPs as the example shown below. Remember to click Save to add the new record.
MX Record
What is an MX record?
> MX record is also known as mail exchange record which is used for the email service.
> Please click on add record in order to add MX record.
> Please select MX record type from the drop-down box. You need to specify the “record data” and the “MX priority” as the example shown below. You can leave the “record name” blank. The lower the “MX priority” the higher the priority. Remember to please click Save to add the new record.
CNAME record
What is a CNAME record?
> CNAME is also known as “Canonical Record”. CNAME is used as an alias of your domain name.
> Please click on add record in order to add CNAME record.
> Please select CNAME record type from the drop-down box. You need to specify the “record data” and the “record name” as the example shown below. You can fill in the “record name” with www, blog and etc. The “record data” is used to specify the URL. Remember to please click Save to add the new record.
TXT record
What is a TXT record?
> TXT record is also known as Text Record. TXT record is used to identify which email server is allowed to send emails from the domain.
> Please click on add record in order to add CNAME record.
> Please select TXT record type from the drop-down box. You need to specify the “record data” with the SPF record. You can leave “record name” blank. Please click save to add the new record.
Edit DNS Records
You can also edit and modify existing DNS records. In order to do that please click on the “pencil” logo on the left side of the record name.
How to Delete DNS Records?
You also can delete unused DNS records by clicking on the “Bin” logo on the right side of the column.
> SolidCP window’s control panel only supports a total of 7 DNS records which are., A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME, and SRV. Otherwise, you wish to add other than that 7 DNS records, you will need to add them directly through the DNS zone of a domain.
Please Note - The changes made in nameservers and DNS records may require 24-48 hours to propagate across the globe.
