Adding a TXT Record Set

Scenarios

A TXT record set provides description for a domain name.

For details about other record set types, see Record Set Types and Configuration Rules.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Network > Domain Name Service.

   The DNS console is displayed.

3. In the navigation pane, choose Public Zones or Private Zones.

   The zone list is displayed.

4. (Optional) If you have selected Private Zones, click on the upper left corner to select the region and project.
5. Click the domain name.
6. Click Add Record Set.

   The Add Record Set dialog box is displayed.

7. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters for adding a TXT record set

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Name	Prefix of the domain name to be resolved. For example, if the domain name is example.com, the prefix can be as follows: www: The domain name is www.example.com, which is usually used for a website. Left blank: The domain name is example.com. The Name field cannot be set to an at sign (@). Just leave it blank. abc: The domain name is abc.example.com, a subdomain of example.com. mail: The domain name is mail.example.com, which is typically used for email servers. *: The domain name is *.example.com, which is a wildcard domain name, indicating all subdomains of example.com.	Left blank
   Type	Type of the record set A message may be displayed indicating that the record set you are trying to add conflicts with an existing record set.	TXT – Specify text records
   TTL (s)	Cache duration of the record set on a local DNS server, in seconds. The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647, and the default is 300. If your service address changes frequently, set TTL to a smaller value.	300
   Value	Text content Configuration rules: Text record values must be enclosed in double quotation marks. One or more text record values are supported, each on a separate line. A maximum of 50 text record values can be entered. A single text record value can contain multiple character strings, each of which is double quoted and separated from others using a space. One character string cannot exceed 255 characters. A value must not exceed 4096 characters. The value cannot be left blank. The text cannot contain a backslash (\).	Single text record: "aaa" Multiple text records: "bbb" "ccc" A text record that contains multiple strings: "ddd" "eee" "fff"
   Description	(Optional) Supplementary information about the record set. You can enter a maximum of 255 characters.	-

8. Click OK.
9. Switch back to the Record Sets tab.

   You can view the added record set in the Normal state.