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Use the IONOS Control Panel to customize the DNS settings of your domains.

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  • General Information About DNS Settings

    IONOS offers a comprehensive DNS management platform where you can set all of the important settings for your domains and subdomains.

    • Managing DNS Settings in IONOS
    • Default DNS Settings for IONOS Domains
    • Time Required for DNS Changes
    • Resetting Your Domain's DNS Settings
    • Managing DNS Services
    • Avoiding DNS Conflicts
  • Customizing Your DNS Settings to Link Your Domains to External Services

    DNS settings are often required to link your domain to other services, such as with SquareSpace or Wordpress.com. Another common application is that DNS settings are necessary to verify your domain with other external services, such as MailChimp.

    • Connecting Your Domain to WordPress.com
    • Using a Domain with Squarespace.com
    • Connecting Your Domain to Jimdo
    • Connecting Your Domain to Wix
    • Connecting Your Domain to Tumblr
    • Link Connecting Your Domain to Shopify
    • Using a Domain for Sending Emails with MailChimp
  • Using Your Own Name Servers

    IONOS allows you to specify your own name servers for each domain/subdomain instead of the default IONOS name servers.

    • Using Your Own Name Servers for a Domain
    • Add, Change, or Delete an NS Record for a Subdomain
    • Configuring Glue Records for Name Servers
  • Configuring Your IP Address

    With the IONOS name servers, you can also connect your domain to static IP addresses. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

    • Changing a Domain's IPv4/IPv6 Address (A/AAAA Record)
    • Connecting a Domain to a Network with a Changing IP using Dynamic DNS (Linux)
  • Configuring CNAME Records for Subdomains

    For subdomains, IONOS also offers the possibility to configure a CNAME instead of an A record. This allows you to set up a subdomain as an alias for an existing domain.

    • Configuring a CNAME Record for a Subdomain
  • Configuring Mail Servers and Other Related Records

    By editing your MX records, you can set your own mail servers for each of your domains if you want to use another mail provider.

    • Using a Domain with Another Provider's Mail Servers (Editing MX Records)
    • Using IONOS SPF to Improve Email Delivery
    • Configuring a DMARC Record for a Domain
    • Using Email Authentication with DMARC Records
  • Configuring TXT and SRV records

    For advanced applications, IONOS offers the ability to configure your own TXT and SRV records for your domains and subdomains.

    • Managing TXT Records
    • Managing SRV Records
  • Configuring CAA Records

    A CAA record allows you to specify which Certification Authorities (CAs) are allowed to issue certificates for your domain or subdomain.

    • Add, Change, or Delete a CAA Record
  • Configuring Wildcard DNS Records

    Create DNS wildcard records (e.g. *.example.com) to delegate access to non-existent subdomains.

    • Creating a Wildcard DNS Record
  • DNS Pro

    Here you will find information and instructions for the optional DNS extension package DNS Pro.

    • What is DNS Pro?
    • Ordering DNS Pro
    • Setting Up and Managing DNSSEC
    • Setting Up and Managing Premium Anycast
    • Using and Managing DNS Templates
    • Back Up and Restore DNS zones
    • Setting Up Secondary DNS

This document is available online at the following address:

https://www.ionos.com/help/domains/dns-settings/

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