How-to Guides

• Managing zones

  Create and administer managed zones, the containers for DNS records that share the same DNS name prefix.

• Managing records

  Import, export, display, and modify DNS records.

• Migrating to Cloud DNS

  Migrate an existing domain from another DNS provider to Cloud DNS.

• Updating domain name servers

  Update your domains to use Cloud DNS name servers.

• Logging and monitoring

  Configure and view DNS logs, view monitoring metrics, and verify DNS propagation.

• Viewing operations

  View the history of managed zone updates with the gcloud command-line tool or REST API.

• Managing DNS security (DNSSEC)

  Configure your domains to use DNSSEC for integrity and authenticity.

• DNSSEC and Registrars

  Activate DNSSEC with your domain registrar.

• Viewing DNSSEC keys

  View DNSKEY records.

• Advanced DNSSEC

  Enable advanced DNSSEC configuration options.

• Troubleshooting

  Troubleshoot and resolve errors with Cloud DNS.

• PowerShell tools for Cloud DNS

  Configure the DNS settings for a domain using Google Cloud DNS and Windows PowerShell.

Special configurations

• Special configurations

  Special configurations for DNS