Move DNS management to linode, keeping original registrar cum email providers email intact
Hi,
I have a domain from a website cum email hosting service.
I would like to move my DNS records management, for the domain, to linode for use with my vps at linode. However, I want the email and hosting functionality to continue to be serviced by the original service.
So, specifically, if I change the NS records to point to linodes name servers what else needs to move to linodes DNS management?
mail, mx, webmail, pop, imap, @, *, NS, SOA, etc? what stays with existing provider and what moves to linode?
Many thanks!
1 Reply
mtcotton846
Linode Staff
The only things that need to change are:
- Pointing NS records to Linode's nameservers, and
- You will need at least one service at Linode (e.g. a compute instance) in order to create domain records on Linode's platform.
- You can then create A/AAAA/mx, and whatever other types of domain records you need to manage in the DNS Manager.
A full list of steps needed to manage DNS records on our platform while maintaining services on another platform can be found in this older Community Site post:
https://www.linode.com/community/questions/19221/how-to-configure-a-domain-name-step-by-step-on-a-linode-server-platform
It is pretty straight-forward, and that Community Site post also has links to references in Linode's official documentation.
I hope that helps!
-Micah