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Gandi LiveDNS

Migrate DNS to or from Gandi LiveDNS, and switch nameservers at Gandi LiveDNS as a registrar.

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

Access we need

Credentials
Personal access token (legacy API key also accepted)
Permissions
A token with “Manage domain name technical configurations”, scoped to the domains you move. Gandi has no read-only LiveDNS permission.
Gandi API documentation

What Gandi 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
300s

Record types

  • A
  • AAAA
  • ALIAS
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • TXT
  • NS
  • SRV
  • CAA
  • PTR
  • DS
  • DNAME
  • HTTPS
  • SVCB
  • TLSA
  • SSHFP
  • NAPTR
  • SPF
  • LOC
  • OPENPGPKEY
  • RP

Good to know

  • LiveDNS only hosts zones for domains in your Gandi organization, so zones can't be created for domains registered elsewhere.
  • ALIAS records are only allowed at the zone apex; TTLs must be between 300 seconds and 30 days.
  • Apex NS records are managed by Gandi and are left untouched.