DNS
DNS Management
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
DNSSEC in Openprovider
DNSSEC is an extension to the DNS protocol to increase security across the internet. The followin...
DNSSEC. Chain of Trust
As described in our introductory article, DNSSEC is a technique that allows a DNS resolver to val...
DNSSEC. Updates and transfers
For general information regarding DNSSEC please refer to the article DNSSEC in Openprovider. Doma...
How to manage DNSSEC for domains that are pointed to third party DNS?
Question What data should I provide to Openprovider to enable DNSSEC management if the zone is ho...
List of TLDs that support DNSSEC
Below is a list of all TLDs that currently support DNSSEC and their supported algorithms. Please ...