Create a DNS Zone

Overview

A DNS zone is the authoritative domain boundary that contains all record sets for a given domain (e.g., example.com.). Creating a zone in Xloud DNS registers that domain with the platform’s nameservers and makes it available for record management.

Prerequisites

An active Xloud account with appropriate permissions
Access to the Xloud Dashboard (https://connect.<your-domain>) or CLI configured with credentials
API credentials sourced (source admin-openrc.sh)

Zone names must end with a trailing dot. Submitting example.com without the trailing dot is invalid and will result in a creation error.

Zone Types

Type	Description	Use Case
`PRIMARY`	Your authoritative copy — you manage the records	Standard zone management
`SECONDARY`	Read-only replica pulled from a primary via zone transfer	Disaster recovery, geographic redundancy

Create a Zone

Dashboard
CLI

Navigate to DNS Zones

Log in to the Xloud Dashboard (https://connect.<your-domain>) and navigate to Project → DNS → Zones.Click Create Zone to open the zone creation dialog.

Configure zone details

Field	Description
Zone Name	Fully qualified domain name with trailing dot (e.g., `example.com.`)
Email	Administrative contact address — written into the SOA record
TTL	Default TTL in seconds for records in this zone (e.g., `3600`)
Description	Optional — visible in zone listings
Type	`PRIMARY` for a zone you manage; `SECONDARY` for a replica zone

Review and create

Click Submit. The zone enters PENDING status during creation and transitions to ACTIVE within a few seconds.

Zone appears in the list with status ACTIVE.

Authenticate

Load credentials

source openrc.sh

Create the zone

Create DNS zone

openstack zone create \
  --email admin@example.com \
  --ttl 3600 \
  --description "Production application zone" \
  example.com.

Verify zone creation

Show zone status

openstack zone show example.com.

Expected output:

+----------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field          | Value                                |
+----------------+--------------------------------------+
| action         | NONE                                 |
| name           | example.com.                         |
| status         | ACTIVE                               |
| type           | PRIMARY                              |
+----------------+--------------------------------------+

Zone status is ACTIVE.

Zone Lifecycle

List and Manage Zones

openstack zone list

Deleting a zone removes all record sets within it permanently. DNS resolution for the domain will fail immediately. Ensure the zone is no longer in use before deletion.

Next Steps

Manage Records

Add A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, and TXT records to your zone

Record Types Reference

Full reference for every supported DNS record type

Reverse DNS

Configure PTR records for your zone’s IP addresses

Troubleshooting

Resolve zone stuck in PENDING or ERROR status

Core Services

Other Services

Create a DNS Zone

Overview

Zone Types

Create a Zone

Navigate to DNS Zones

Configure zone details

Review and create

Authenticate

Create the zone

Verify zone creation

Zone Lifecycle

List and Manage Zones

Next Steps

Manage Records

Record Types Reference

Reverse DNS

Troubleshooting

Core Services

Other Services

​Overview

​Zone Types

​Create a Zone

Navigate to DNS Zones

Configure zone details

Review and create

Authenticate

Create the zone

Verify zone creation

​Zone Lifecycle

​List and Manage Zones

​Next Steps

Manage Records

Record Types Reference

Reverse DNS

Troubleshooting

Overview

Zone Types

Create a Zone

Zone Lifecycle

List and Manage Zones

Next Steps