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Google Cloud DNS

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

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

Access we need

Credentials
Service account key (JSON)
Permissions
roles/dns.reader for the preview, roles/dns.admin to apply.

What Cloud DNS 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
weighted, geo, failover
Minimum TTL
0s

Record types

  • A
  • AAAA
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • TXT
  • NS
  • SRV
  • CAA
  • PTR
  • DS
  • HTTPS
  • SVCB
  • TLSA
  • SSHFP
  • NAPTR
  • SPF

Good to know

  • Routing policies (weighted round robin, geolocation, failover) don't carry over to most providers.
  • Apex CNAMEs are not allowed.