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Product Overview: DigitalOcean Domains
DigitalOcean Domains is a comprehensive DNS management service offered by DigitalOcean, designed to streamline the management of your domain’s DNS records and integrate seamlessly with other DigitalOcean services.
What it Does
DigitalOcean Domains allows you to manage the DNS records of your domains directly within your DigitalOcean account. This integration enables you to centralize the management of your domain’s DNS settings alongside your other DigitalOcean resources, such as Droplets, Load Balancers, and Spaces. By adding your domain to DigitalOcean, you can leverage the platform’s tools to handle various DNS-related tasks efficiently.
Key Features
Integration with DigitalOcean Services
- Domains managed on DigitalOcean integrate with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and Spaces, facilitating automatic SSL certificate management through Let’s Encrypt. This integration simplifies the process of securing your websites and applications.
DNS Record Management
- You can manage a wide range of DNS record types, including A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, SRV, and TXT records. This allows you to configure your domain to point to different resources, such as servers hosting your website or email services.
Control Panel and API Access
- DigitalOcean Domains can be managed through the DigitalOcean control panel or via the API. The `doctl` command-line tool and various API clients (such as those for Go, Ruby, and Python) provide programmatic access to manage your domains and DNS records.
Name Server Delegation
- To use DigitalOcean’s DNS service, you need to delegate your domain to DigitalOcean’s name servers (`ns1.digitalocean.com`, `ns2.digitalocean.com`, and `ns3.digitalocean.com`) through your domain registrar. This step is crucial for managing your domain’s DNS records on the DigitalOcean platform.
Support for Non-ASCII Characters
- DigitalOcean Domains supports domains with non-ASCII characters, such as accents or other Unicode characters, by converting them to Punycode before adding them to the system.
Automatic SSL Certificate Management
- The service streamlines automatic SSL certificate management using Let’s Encrypt, which works seamlessly with custom Spaces CDN endpoints and SSL termination on DigitalOcean Load Balancers. This ensures your websites and applications are securely served over HTTPS.
Functionality
Adding Domains
- You can add your domain to DigitalOcean using the control panel or through API requests. This involves entering the domain name and, if necessary, converting non-ASCII characters to Punycode. The system checks if the domain is already added and guides you through the process of adding it if it is not.
Creating DNS Records
- After adding the domain, you can create various DNS records to map your domain to different resources. The control panel provides an interface to add new records, and you can also use the API or `doctl` for this purpose.
Consolidated Resource Management
- By managing your domain’s DNS records on DigitalOcean, you can consolidate your infrastructure management on a single platform. This makes it easier to manage all your resources, from Droplets and Load Balancers to Spaces and DNS settings, in one place.
In summary, DigitalOcean Domains offers a robust and integrated solution for managing your domain’s DNS records, enhancing the overall efficiency and security of your online presence by leveraging the full suite of DigitalOcean services.
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