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Can't assign nameserver to a domain: "Can't resolve IP address from host"

Symptoms Attempt to assign a nameserver to a domain via RCP or API results in an error - "Can't r...

DNS Records

The following DNS record types are available in the DNS Management of Openprovider; below the tab...

Error CNAME - Cannot save zone record: Duplicate record

Symptoms The following error is thrown when trying to add a record to a zone: Cannot save zone re...

Error Duplicate record found in rrset: example.tld when modifying a zone

Symptoms The following error is thrown when modifying a DNS zone: Error TTL mismatch in rrset: ex...

Error No NS record at zone apex in zone example.tld when modifying a DNS zone

Symptoms The following error is thrown when modifying a DNS zone: Error No NS record at zone apex...

Glue Records

¿Qué es un Glue Record? Los Glue Records son las entradas que se deben crear en el registro para ...

How do I create a DKIM DNS record?

This article introduces the DomainKeys Identified Mail or DKIM record to you - a type of DNS reco...

How do I create a DMARC DNS record?

This article introduces the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance or DMARC...

How do I create an SPF (Sender Policy Framework) DNS record?

This article introduces the Sender Policy Framework or SPF record to you - a type of DNS record t...

How do I secure my e-mail delivery?

Every day, millions of e-mails are sent, of which many are abusive: spam, scam, phishing, ... How...

How does DNS infrastructure of Openprovider work?

Question How does DNS infrastructure of Openprovider work? Answer DNS management is a service tha...

How soon DNS records propagate from master nameserver to Openprovider slave

Question How quickly one's records will propagate to Openprovider DNS servers when using the latt...

How to change nameservers of a domain

Question How to change nameservers of a domain in ones portfolio? Answer When a domain is registe...

How to create a zone?

This articles contains the information about how you can create a zone in Openprovider. Question ...

How to create email forwarders (Inforbusiness-only)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Openprovider does not offer e-mail forwarding at this moment. Customers from our ...

How to import external DNS zones to Openprovider nameservers?

Question How to import existing DNS zones that are hosted elsewhere to Openprovider nameservers? ...

How to meet registry's DNS zone requirements

Question Which registries require DNS zone pre-configuration before registering a domain? Answer ...

How to setup domain forwarding?

Question How to forward a domain to another domain? Answer NB: Currently domain forwarding comes ...

How to use DNS templates

Question What are Openprovider DNS templates and how to apply them to zones in one's reseller acc...

How to use Openprovider nameserver as slave

Question How to use Openprovider nameservers to host zones from another master server? Answer In ...

How to use non 'default' DKIM identifier

Question How to use a non default DKIM identifier? Answer To use another non default DKIM identif...

Nameserver creation or update failed: 2201, Authorization error

Symptoms When trying to change nameservers for a Verisign (.com, .net) domain, the following erro...

October 4, 2022: Changes to Openprovider Standard DNS

Our mission is to provide you with top-quality products for an attractive price. It is our goal t...

Openprovider DNS: SOA record and expire value

You might have noticed that our nameserver configuration includes a Serial Number, Refresh, Retry...

Premium Global Anycast DNS Service

In collaboration with Sectigo, an industry leader in SSL certificates and web security products, ...

Single Domain DNS panel

The Openprovider single domain DNS panel allows you to delegate access to a specific DNS zone hos...

Usage scenarios of Openprovider nameservers (Master/Slave configurations)

Question What are the usage scenarios of Openprovider DNS servers? Answer When using Openprovider...

What are Terms & Conditions of Openprovider DNS service

Question Are there special Terms & Conditions for using Openprovider DNS infrastructure? Answer T...

What does TTL mean?

Question: What does TTL mean? Why is my updated DNS record not directly visible and resolving on...

What is the difference between shadow DNS zones and live zones

Question What is the difference between shadow DNS zones and live zones in RCP? Answer A DNS serv...

White label/vanity nameservers

We do not offer vanity/white-labeled nameserver service at this time. This feature was disabled a...

Why zone changes are not propagated across public DNS resolvers (Google, Cloudflare, etc)

Question Why DNS zone changes are not propagated across Google public resolvers? Do I really have...

DNSSEC