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DNSimple
Migrate DNS to or from DNSimple, and switch nameservers at DNSimple as a registrar.
See how a domain's records would land at DNSimple. Free and read-only.
Access we need
- Credentials
- Account API access token
- Permissions
- DNSimple tokens can't be limited to read-only. Use an account token (not a user token) so access is confined to one account.
What DNSimple 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
- 60s
Record types
- A
- AAAA
- CNAME
- MX
- TXT
- NS
- SRV
- CAA
- PTR
- ALIAS
- DS
- HTTPS
- SVCB
- TLSA
- SSHFP
- NAPTR
- SPF
DNSimple-only records
- URL
These have no equivalent elsewhere and are flagged in every preview.
Good to know
- Add the domain to your DNSimple account before migrating; zones can't be created through this connection.
- Apex NS and SOA records are managed by DNSimple and can't be changed.
- ALIAS, URL and some record types depend on your DNSimple plan.