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Domain names

Understand and manage glue hosts

Distinguish a registered nameserver from a simple IP pointing record.

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Integrated .de/.at glue; ABC registered hosts not automated
Guide contents

Before you begin

  • A delivered domain and a signed-in customer account.

Purpose#

Glue gives the registry an IP for a nameserver whose name depends on the domain it serves. It does not publish a website or replace installation of an authoritative DNS server.

To use a remote web server, choose Redirects, then To a server: an A or AAAA record provides the pointing.

.de and .at#

  1. In Nameservers, enter a line such as ns1.your-domain.de 203.0.113.10 2001:db8::10.
  2. Add at least a second correctly configured server, verify the zone and submit delegation.
  3. To edit glue, change the IP on its line; to remove this server from delegation, replace the line. Registry confirmation is still required.

.com, .net and other ABC extensions#

Newtata documentation requires registration in Robot > Domains > Registered nameservers. The machine command format for creating, changing or deleting these hosts has not been verified and is disabled in the portal.

An A/AAAA zone record is never shown as a registered glue host. This limit is stated in the Glue hosts tab.

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