Overview

To enable a website or web application to be directly accessed using a domain name over the Internet, you need to register a domain name, license the website or web application, and configure DNS. Refer to this topic when you add a domain name and configure DNS for a FlexusL instance.

Process of Accessing a Website Using a Domain Name

Register a domain name.
Purchase a FlexusL instance.
Apply for ICP licensing for the website and domain name.
According to the requirements of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), to open a website, you must apply for ICP licensing for the website and domain name. You can apply for ICP licensing through Huawei Cloud ICP License Service. Huawei Cloud provides you with free ICP licensing services. For details, see ICP Filing Process.

Applying for ICP licensing is only allowed when you will use the FlexusL instances for more than three months (the total duration after multiple renewals).
Add a domain name and configure record set for it.
Website services can be provided only after the added domain name is resolved successfully.

Relationships Between Domain Name Registration, Resolution, and Licensing

You can only configure record sets for a registered domain name.
The registrar and DNS service provider of a domain name can be different. The DNS server settings identify the DNS service provider of the domain name.
- By default, Huawei Cloud Domain Name Service (DNS) is used to resolve domain names registered with Huawei Cloud. You can set a different DNS service provider by modifying the DNS server settings of the domain name.
- A domain name registered with Huawei Cloud can be resolved only after record sets are configured for the domain name.
- If another DNS service provider takes care of domain name resolution, you need to configure record sets for the domain name at the DNS service provider.
According to MIIT, the web servers and domain name must be filed if you want to host a website in the Chinese mainland. You need to apply for ICP licensing after the domain name is registered and the website is set up.
ICP licensing is irrelevant to domain name resolution. Accessing a website using a domain name involves the following two phases:
- The web browser obtains the IP address of the website from the DNS server.
- The web browser accesses the website using the obtained IP address.
Domain name resolution is implemented at the first phase, and ICP licensing is required at the second phase. If the website is not licensed, the web browser cannot access the website using the obtained IP address.