How Do I Migrate My Domain from Another DNS Service Provider to Huawei Cloud DNS?
You can migrate a domain name to Huawei Cloud DNS from another DNS service provider.
Procedure
- Create a public zone.
Create a public zone on Huawei Cloud DNS before migrating your domain name from another DNS service provider to Huawei Cloud DNS.
For details about how to create a public zone, see Creating a Public Zone.
- Add record sets.
- Query and export the DNS records of your domain name from the original DNS service provider.
- Import the DNS records to Huawei Cloud DNS.
- Change the DNS server addresses.
Change the current DNS server addresses of the domain name to the Huawei Cloud DNS server addresses at the domain name service provider. For details, see Changing the DNS Server Addresses of Public Domain Names.
- Wait until the DNS server addresses take effect.
If the DNS server addresses are updated to the Huawei Cloud DNS server addresses in the public zone list, the change is applied.
Generally, the change to DNS servers is quickly synchronized to top-level DNS servers and then rapidly applied on the Internet. However, some DNS service providers set the TTL value in the NS record sets to 48 hours. If the NS record sets are cached by a local DNS server, the change would take effect in 48 hours.
You can check the accurate time on the DNS service provider's website. Do not delete original record sets until the changes take effect to ensure your service continuity.
- Check whether the record sets already taken effect.
Run the command below to verify the record sets.
- Windows OS:
nslookup -qt=[Record set type] [Domain name] [Authoritative DNS server address]
- Linux OS:
dig Record set type Domain name @Authoritative DNS server address
For details about how to check whether the record sets already taken effect, see How Do I Check Whether a Record Set Has Taken Effect?.
- Windows OS:
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