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DNS Made Easy Domain Configuration

Learn how to point your DNS Made Easy domain to a Pantheon site.

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Before You Begin

Be sure that you have a:

Locate Pantheon's DNS Values

Identify DNS values to point your domain to Pantheon:

  1. Go to the Site Dashboard and select the target environment (typically Live) then click Domains / HTTPS.
  2. Click the Details button next to your domain.

Keep this page open and login to your DNS Made Easy account in a new tab before you continue.

Configure DNS Records on DNS Made Easy

A Record

  1. Click DNS in the menu bar and select the domain you wish to configure.

  2. Within the A table, click to add a new record.

  3. Leave the Name field blank and enter the A record value provided by Pantheon in the IP field.

  4. Select desired Time to Live (TTL).

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    Time to Live (TTL)

    The TTL dictates the lifespan of a DNS record; a shorter time means less time to wait until the changes go into effect. TTLs are always set in seconds with a few common ones being 86400 (24 hours), 43200 (12 hours), and 3600 (1 hour).

    When you make a change to the TTL of an existing record, you need to wait for the old TTL time to pass - that is, if it had been set to 86400, you would need to wait a full 24 hours for the new setting to begin propagating everywhere.

  5. Click Submit:

    dns made easy a record

AAAA Records

  1. Within the AAAA table, click to add a new record.

  2. Leave the Name field blank and enter the first AAAA record value provided by Pantheon in the IPv6 field.

  3. Select desired Time to Live (TTL).

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    Time to Live (TTL)

    The TTL dictates the lifespan of a DNS record; a shorter time means less time to wait until the changes go into effect. TTLs are always set in seconds with a few common ones being 86400 (24 hours), 43200 (12 hours), and 3600 (1 hour).

    When you make a change to the TTL of an existing record, you need to wait for the old TTL time to pass - that is, if it had been set to 86400, you would need to wait a full 24 hours for the new setting to be in place everywhere.

  4. Click Submit. Repeat steps 1-4 for the second AAAA record value provided by Pantheon. There are two AAAA records for improved uptime and reliability:

    dns made easy aaaa records

Subdomains

Create one A record and 2 AAAA records for the given subdomain (e.g., www.example.com):

  1. Within the A table, click to add a new record.
  2. Enter www in the Name field and enter the A record value provided by Pantheon in the IP field (e.g. 23.185.0.2).
  3. Select desired Time to Live (TTL).
  4. Click Submit:
  5. Repeat steps 1-4 for the two AAAA records.

Next Steps