DNS Manangement - Getting Started

American Cloud’s DNS Manager enables users to manage DNS records for each of their domains directly from the Web Portal. It supports most common DNS record types, including A, AAAA (quad A), CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, SRV, and CAA. Follow this guide to learn how to start using the DNS Manager.

Understanding DNS

DNS attaches human-readable domain names to machine-usable IP addresses. Instead of needing to know the IP address of the website you are navigating to, you can enter https://americancloud.com for example.

Register the Domain

American Cloud is not a domain registrar but our DNS Manager will work with any domain registrar. For example GoDaddy, BlueHost, HostGator, etc.

Create the Domain Records

Here you set your needed DNS records for a particular domain.

Log in to the Web Portal and select Networking. Click the Create under Manage DNS.
Click on Add A Domain Now.
Select the Project and enter your domain name in the Domain Name field.
After clicking Add Domain you will be able to add the records to your domain.

Add DNS Records

DNS records can associate specific domain names with pieces of information, such as a server’s IP address. After the domain has been created, you can immediately start adding and editing DNS records for it. See Manage DNS Records for instructions. You can also view each supported DNS record type to learn more about what it does and how to create it.

A and AAA Records
CNAME Records
MX Records
TXT Records
NS Records

If you are migrating to American Cloud from another DNS provider, make sure you have added all of the necessary DNS records to DNS Manager before adding American Cloud’s name servers to your domain’s registrar.

Use American Cloud’s Name Servers

Once you are ready, set American Cloud’s name servers as the authoritative name servers for your domain. To do this, log in to your domain registrar’s control panel and set the name servers for your domain name to the entries below. See the instructions on your domain name registrar’s website for more information.