How to manage name servers for an internal domain

Scaleway Domains and DNS provides a managed DNS solution by providing default name servers for each domain name. If you want to use your own DNS servers, you can edit the name servers associated with your domain name.

When adding name servers with Domains and DNS, you must ensure that they are resolvable in the DNS. Each name server must have A and/or AAAA records. These records link the name server’s domain name (for example ns0.mydomain.com) to its corresponding IP address.

This is a critical step, especially when configuring glue records, which are necessary for resolving domain names in cases where the name servers are within the same domain.

For example, if you own mydomain.com and want to use ns0.mydomain.com and ns1.mydomain.com as your name servers, you must first create A/AAAA records for ns0 and ns1 in the mydomain.com DNS zone. This links ns0.mydomain.com and ns1.mydomain.com to their respective IP addresses, making them resolvable.

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To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• A domain name registered with Scaleway Domains and DNS
• Created an A record or an AAAA record for the name servers you want to manage

1. Click Domains and DNS in the Network section of the Scaleway console side menu. The Domains and DNS dashboard displays.
2. Click the domain name you want to configure. The Overview tab for your domain displays.
3. Click Edit in the Name servers section.
4. Edit the name server information. For each name server, you can provide:
   • A name server
   • An IPv6 address
   • An IPv4 address
   Tip

   IP addresses are only required if you want to create glue records. A glue record provides the IP address of a name server so that DNS can resolve the domain name if the domain uses name servers hosted under that same domain name.

5. Optionally, click Add name server to add more name servers and enter your server’s information.
   Tip

   We recommend you configure a minimum of two and a maximum of seven DNS servers for each domain name.

6. Click the «Delete Icon» icon to delete a name server.
7. Click the «Validate Icon» icon to validate your configuration.
8. Click the «Cancel Icon» icon to cancel all the changes you have made.