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Exoscale DNS

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

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

Access we need

Credentials
IAM API key + secret
Permissions
An IAM role limited to the dns service: read operations for the preview; all dns operations to apply.
Exoscale API documentation

What Exoscale 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
  • ALIAS
  • SSHFP
  • NAPTR
  • SPF

Good to know

  • Exoscale DNS needs an active DNS subscription on the organization before zones can be created.
  • PTR and TLSA records aren't supported, and SRV records can't have an empty target.
  • Apex NS records are fixed by Exoscale and can't be changed.