Creating a public DNS zone
To create a public DNS zone:
- In the management console
, select the folder where you want to create your DNS zone. - Select Cloud DNS.
- Click Create zone.
- Specify zone settings:
- Zone: Domain zone name. Note that it must end with a trailing dot. You cannot create top-level domain (TLD) zones. To create a domain name with non-Latin characters, use Punycode
encoding. - Type:
Public
. - Name of the zone.
- Zone: Domain zone name. Note that it must end with a trailing dot. You cannot create top-level domain (TLD) zones. To create a domain name with non-Latin characters, use Punycode
- Click Create.
If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.
By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID>
command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name
or --folder-id
parameter.
To create a new DNS zone:
-
See the description of the CLI command for creating a DNS zone:
yc dns zone create --help
-
Create a new public DNS zone in the default folder:
yc dns zone create --name <zone_name> \ --zone <domain_zone>. \ --public-visibility=true
Where:
--name
: Zone name. Note that the zone name must be unique within a folder. This is an optional parameter.--zone
: Domain zone name. Note that it must end with a trailing dot. You cannot create top-level domain (TLD) zones. To create a domain name with non-Latin characters, use Punycode encoding. This is a required setting.--public-visibility
: Enable this flag to create a public zone.
Result:
id: aet2q4fn8i8i******** folder_id: aoerb349v3h4******** created_at: "2021-03-03T19:07:08.685Z" name: production-zone zone: www.example.com. public_visibility: {}
With Terraform
Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License
For more information about the provider resources, see the relevant documentation on the Terraform
If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.
-
In the configuration file, describe the resources you want to create:
resource "yandex_dns_zone" "zone1" { name = "<zone_name>" description = "<zone_description>" labels = { label1 = "<zone_label>" } zone = "<domain_zone>." public = true }
Where:
name
: Zone name. Note that the zone name must be unique within a folder. This is an optional parameter.description
: Zone description. This is an optional parameter.labels
: DNS zone labels. This is an optional parameter.zone
: Domain zone name. Note that it must end with a trailing dot. You cannot create top-level domain (TLD) zones. To create a domain name with non-Latin characters, use Punycode encoding. This is a required setting.public
: Zone visibility, public or private. This is an optional parameter.
For more information about the
yandex_dns_zone
resource properties, see the provider documentation . -
Create the resources:
-
In the terminal, go to the directory where you edited the configuration file.
-
Make sure the configuration file is correct using this command:
terraform validate
If the configuration is correct, you will get this message:
Success! The configuration is valid.
-
Run this command:
terraform plan
You will see a detailed list of resources. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will show them.
-
Apply the changes:
terraform apply
-
Type
yes
and press Enter to confirm the changes.
Terraform will create all required resources. You can check the new resources in the management console
or using this CLI command:yc dns zone get <zone_name>
-
To create a public DNS zone, use the create REST API method for the DnsZone resource or the DnsZoneService/Create gRPC API call.
To use domain names in the public DNS zone, you need to delegate it to authoritative name servers. Specify ns1.yandexcloud.net
and ns2.yandexcloud.net
server addresses in your registrar's account settings.