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Constellix DNS

Migrate DNS zones to or from Constellix DNS: what's supported, what access you need, and what changes for each destination.

See how a domain's records would land at Constellix. Free and read-only.

Access we need

Credentials
API key + secret key (HMAC-signed requests)
Permissions
Constellix API keys carry the permissions of the user who generated them and can't be limited to read-only. Generate them under a user that only manages the domains you're moving.

What Constellix supports

The same data the translation engine uses when it plans a migration.

Create zones through the API
List zones through the API
Turn on DNSSEC through the API
Apex CNAME (flattening)
Apex ALIAS record
Aliases to cloud resources
CDN proxy on records
Routing policies
Minimum TTL
0s

Record types

  • A
  • AAAA
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • TXT
  • NS
  • SRV
  • CAA
  • PTR
  • ALIAS
  • NAPTR
  • SPF
  • CERT
  • RP

Constellix-only records

  • URLFWD

These have no equivalent elsewhere and are flagged in every preview.

Good to know

  • Records using failover, traffic pools, IP filters, GeoProximity or regional answers are flagged and never changed by us; only the default answer is copied.
  • HINFO records and DNSSEC aren't available through the Constellix v4 API.
  • HTTP redirection records map to URL forwards for the whole hostname (301, 302 or frame); page title and keywords of frame redirects aren't copied.
  • CAA records only support the issue, issuewild and iodef tags.
  • Requests are signed with the current time, so the server clock must be accurate.