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Managing DNS settings

DNS settings

Name service (DNS) is included in Nordweb's services at no extra cost. You manage the records in the DNS editor in your account.

Finding the DNS settings

  1. Sign in to your account
  2. Open Domains and select your domain
  3. Press DNS settings

If the editor says the records are not managed on our nameservers, the domain points elsewhere and changes cannot be made here. See Changing nameservers.

Record types

A record

Directs the domain's web traffic to the server's IPv4 address. For example yritys.fi → 1.2.3.4

AAAA record

The same as an A record, but for an IPv6 address. In a Dual-Stack configuration, both are used.

MX record

Directs email traffic to the correct server. With Nordweb Email the value is posti.nordweb.fi and with hosting email it is mail.nordweb.fi. A wrong value sends your mail to a machine that has no mailbox for you.

CNAME record

An alias record for subdomains. For example www.yritys.fi → yritys.fi. Note that CNAME is intended only for subdomains, not for the root domain.

TXT record

A text-based record used for verifying domain ownership, for SPF records and for other forms of authentication.

SRV record

Special ports or load balancing, rarely used on ordinary websites.

CAA record

States which certificate authority may issue a TLS certificate for the domain. Leave it alone unless you know you need it: a wrong value blocks certificate renewal.

NS record

Tells the internet which nameservers are responsible for the domain's DNS data. We run two nameserver families and your domain data always lives on one of them only, so the right pair depends on your services. Do not pick it yourself: see Changing nameservers.

Things to note

  • The TTL value (Time To Live) affects how quickly changes take effect. A low value = faster update.
  • The @ sign represents the root-level domain (e.g. yritys.fi without a subdomain)
  • DNS changes can take 1 to 48 hours before they are visible everywhere

Read also What DNS and name servers are

Read also DNS records explained