Creating a Public Zone

Scenarios

To use Huawei Cloud DNS for DNS resolution for your registered domain name, create a public zone for your domain name on the DNS console.

This section describes how to create a public zone for your domain name on the DNS console.

Prerequisites

You have registered a domain name at a third-party domain name registrar.

Procedure

1. Go to the Public Zones page.
2. In the upper right corner of the page, click Create Public Zone.

   Configure parameters based on Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating a public zone

   Parameter	Description	Example
   Domain Name	Domain name purchased from a domain name registrar. For details about the domain name format, see Domain Name Format and DNS Hierarchy.	example.com
   Enterprise Project	Enterprise project associated with the public zone. You can manage public zones by enterprise project. This parameter is available and mandatory only when Account Type is set to Enterprise Account. When setting this parameter, note: If you do not want to manage zones by enterprise project, select the default enterprise project. If you want to manage zones by enterprise project, select an existing enterprise project. Before you configure this parameter, create an enterprise project.	default
   Tag	This parameter is optional. Identifier of the zone. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add up to 20 tags for a zone. For details about tag key and value requirements, see Table 2.	example_key1 example_value1
   Description	This parameter is optional. Supplementary information about the zone. You can enter a maximum of 255 characters.	This is a zone example.

   Table 2 Tag key and value requirements

   Parameter	Requirements	Example
   Key	Cannot be left blank. Must be unique for each resource. Can contain a maximum of 128 characters. Cannot start or end with a space, or cannot start with _sys_. Only letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters are allowed: _.:=+-@	example_key1
   Value	Can be left blank. Can contain a maximum of 255 characters. Can contain letters, digits, spaces, and special characters _.:/=+-@	example_value1

3. Click OK.

   You can view the created zone in the zone list.

   If the system displays "This public zone has been created by another account. You need to reclaim it first.", you need to reclaim the public zone.

   

   The system has created SOA and NS record sets for your zone. You can locate the desired zone in the zone list and click the domain name to view them.

   • The NS record set defines authoritative DNS servers for the domain name.
   • The SOA record set defines the primary authoritative nameserver and key administrative information for a zone.

Helpful Links

• To ensure proper domain name resolution, the domain name must use Huawei Cloud DNS servers. For details about how to change DNS servers for a domain name, see Changing DNS Servers for a Public Domain Name.
• You can modify, delete, and view details about the public zone. For details, see Managing Public Zones.
• You can add record sets for the zone. For details, see Adding Record Sets for a Public Zone.