Updated on 2024-10-08 GMT+08:00

Configuring a Public Domain Name

This section describes how to configure and resolve public domain names.

Procedure

If your domain name is registered with a third-party registrar, create a public zone and add record sets to it on the DNS console.

  1. Log in to the GeminiDB console.
  2. Click Service List and choose Network > Domain Name Service.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Public Zones.

    Figure 1 Public zones

  4. In the upper right corner of the page, click Create Public Zone.
  5. Set the required parameters.

    Figure 2 Creating a public zone
    Table 1 Public zone parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Example

    Domain Name

    The domain name registered with the domain name registrar.

    The domain name can include two levels in addition to the top-level domain, for example:

    • abc.example.com, the subdomain name of example.com
    • abc.example.com.cn, the subdomain name of example.com.cn

    For details about the domain name format, see Domain Name Format and DNS Hierarchy.

    example.com

    Enterprise Project

    Enterprise project associated with the public domain name. You can manage public domain names by enterprise project.

    NOTE:

    This parameter is available and mandatory only when Account Type is set to Enterprise Account.

    Configuration principles:

    • If you do not manage domain names by enterprise project, select the default enterprise project.
    • If you manage domain names by enterprise project, select an existing enterprise project.

    default

    Tag

    (Optional) Identifier of a resource. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add a maximum of 10 tags to a domain name.

    The key and value naming rules are as follows:

    Key:

    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Must be unique for each resource.
    • Consists of a maximum of 36 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space or contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    Value:

    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Consists of a maximum of 43 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space or contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    example_key1

    example_value1

    Description

    (Optional) Description of the zone, which cannot exceed 255 characters.

    This is a zone example.

  6. Click OK.

    After the domain name is created, you can view it in the domain name list on the Public Zones page.

Adding a Record Set for a Domain Name

After creating a public domain name, configure a record set for it so that you can access instances using the domain name.

  1. Click the name of the public domain name you created. On the displayed page, click Add Record Set in the upper right corner.

    Figure 3 Adding a record set

  2. In the displayed Add Record Set dialog box, configure the required parameters.

    Figure 4 Adding a record set

    For details about how to configure parameters, see Adding an A Record Set.

  3. Click OK.
  4. Switch back to the Record Sets page.
  5. View the created record set in the record set list. If the status of the record set is Normal, the record set is added successfully.