Working with Premium DNS Templates
Premium DNS lets you create DNS templates and apply them to your domain names. With templates, you can save time by applying zone record settings to multiple zone files (domain names) at once, rather than manually entering the settings for each domain name individually.
You can also edit, delete, or check the status of your DNS templates.
NOTE: When you apply a template to a domain name, you replace all DNS records in its existing zone file with the records in the template. To add or edit a single record and apply the change to multiple zone files, you can use Bulk Copy in the Zone File Editor.
For information on applying templates to your zone files, see Applying Premium DNS Templates to Zone Files.
For information on creating templates that automatically apply DNS records to off-site domain names that you transfer to us, see Creating Transfer Templates in Premium DNS.
Creating Premium DNS Templates
From the Templates tab, you can create Premium DNS templates.
To Create Premium DNS Templates
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Premium DNS.
- Next to Premium DNS, click Launch.
- Go to the Templates tab.
- Click Create New Template.
- Enter a name for your template.
- Click Add Record, select the Record type you want to add, complete the on-screen fields, and then click OK. For more information about adding zone records, see Managing DNS for Your Domain Names.
- Repeat the previous step for any DNS records you want to add to your template.
- Click Save Template.
- Click OK twice.
NOTE: If there is an error with one or more of your records, we do not save them. Instead, a red exclamation point displays. Hover over it view the error message.
Editing Premium DNS Templates
Use these instructions to edit existing templates.
To Edit Premium DNS Templates
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Premium DNS.
- Next to Premium DNS, click Launch.
- Go to the Templates tab.
- In the My Templates section, hover over the template you want to edit, and then click the Edit icon.
- Edit the template, click Save Template, and then click OK.
- Click OK.
Deleting Premium DNS Templates
You can delete templates at any time.
To Delete Premium DNS Templates
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Premium DNS.
- Next to Premium DNS, click Launch.
- Go to the Templates tab.
- In the My Templates section, hover over the template you want to delete, and then click the Delete icon.
- Select Are you sure you want to delete this template?, and then click OK.
Checking the Status of Premium DNS Templates
From the Premium DNS Dashboard, you can check the status of your DNS templates.
To Check the Status of Premium DNS Templates
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Premium DNS.
- Next to Premium DNS, click Launch.
- From Templates, select Check Template Status. The Template Status window displays any errors for the records in your templates.
- Click Close.
