DNS How-Tos

Adding a domain you own to your DigitalOcean account lets you manage the domain’s DNS records with the control panel and API. Domains you manage on DigitalOcean also integrate with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and Spaces to streamline automatic SSL certificate management.


Getting Started

Add a domain to your DigitalOcean account to manage its DNS records from the control panel and API.
Create and configure DNS records for domains managed on DigitalOcean.

DNS Management

A guide to setting up additional hostnames and verifying them using the Community DNS Lookup tool
Download your domain’s DNS zone file so you can migrate DNS zone configurations.
Create CAA records to specify which certificate authorities are permitted to issue certificates for a domain.
Remove domains and their records from your account to stop managing their DNS records on DigitalOcean.

Tutorials

Retrieve DNS information from the command line and validate record changes for hostnames without having to account for propagation times.