Record types
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This reference article shows all predefined record types of the STACKIT DNS service.
| Type | Record Id | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | Maps a domain name to an IPv4 address. |
| AAAA | 28 | Maps a domain name to an IPv6 address. |
| CNAME | 5 | Alias record pointing to another domain, subdomain, or FQDN – cannot be used along with records of same name or as same-as-zone record. |
| MX | 15 | Maps domain name to the mail servers. |
| NS | 2 | Delegates subzones to an authoritative name server. |
| PTR | 12 | Offers reverse resolution as a counterpart to A and AAAA records. |
| SOA | 6 | Stores information about the zone, configure using zone settings. |
| SRV | 33 | Points to a service on a host, carrying additional information about the service. |
| TXT | 16 | Record carries free text as record data. |
| HINFO | 13 | Legacy: CPU / OS Info. Today: providing minimal-sized answers to DNS queries of query type ANY |
| ALIAS | - | Alias record pointing to another domain – only use with same-as-zone name record. |
| CAA | 257 | Configure certificate authorities which can issue certificates to the domain. |
| DNAME | 39 | Alias record pointing all queries for the zone to another domain, subdomain, or FQDN – not to an IP. |
| URI | 256 | Maps a domain to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for specifying the location of services. |
| CERT | 37 | Stores and retrieves various types of certificates, such as email signing, encryption, and authentication certificates. |
| DNSKEY | 78 | Contains the public key that a DNS zone uses to sign all of its DNS records, part of the DNSSEC protocol. |
| DS | 43 | Contains a hash of a DNSKEY record, used to establish a chain of trust across zone boundaries, also part of the DNSSEC protocol. |
| LOC | 29 | Stores geographic location information for a domain, allowing for DNS-based location management. |
| NAPTR | 35 | Maps server and user addresses in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), providing a method for DNS-based service discovery and routing. |
| SSHFP | 44 | Identifies SSH keys associated with a hostname, providing a method for DNS-based SSH key management. |
| TLSA | 52 | Associates a TLS server certificate or public key with the domain name where the record is found, enhancing the security of TLS sessions. |
| SVCB | 64 | Associates service details with a domain, guiding optimal and secure connections, enhancing the performance and security of client-server interactions. |
| HTTPS | 65 | Connection information for a secure connection via HTTPS. Basically a specialized SVCB record. |
| Custom | - | Allows the creation of any kind of resource record using the matching ID https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4 |