How to create an A record using DNSaaS
Setting the DNS of Network
Goto Admin > Network > Networks, click on the Network Name
from the list of your Networks then hit the action button EDIT SUBNET
, go to Subnet Details and type in your DNS Name Servers, it should be your controller IP address or VIP and SAVE
Create DNS Zone
Goto Project > DNS > Zones, click on the CREATE ZONE
- create zone with a preferred/registered domain name
Create Record Set
Create an A Record
with your Virtual Machine IP address
Check the Record Set
Test the DNS
connect your virtual machine and
ping www.bigstack.co
Alternatively, you can change your compute DNS and try it out
$ ssh [email protected]
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.49' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
$ ping www.bigstack.co
PING www.bigstack.co (192.168.1.49): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.49: seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.019 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.49: seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.49: seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.040 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.49: seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.067 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.49: seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.035 ms