Keeping your system’s date and time accurate is easy to do using NTP.
Having an accurate clock on your server ensures that time stamps in emails sent from your machine are correct. An accurate clock is especially helpful when you...
What Is a Name Server?
A name server is part of the Domain Name System (DNS) that translates a human readable domain name (such as rackspace.com) into its corresponding IP address. This information is reported up a hierarchical...
Using the dig (domain information groper) command, you can query the specific DNS servers and specific records on those servers.
Installing Dig
You may already have dig installed. To find out, run the following command in a...
This article is written for our New Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Classic Cloud Control Panel
Note: UK Cloud customers must use https://mycloud.rackspace.co.uk/ to access our New Cloud...
The Sender Policy Framework record, better known as the "SPF" Record, is a DNS record designed to combat and reduce spam for your domain. SPF records help mail servers distinguish forgeries (spoofing) made by spammers and can...
DNS records are like "phone books" for the Internet and can be very useful when additional information is needed. They contain information about every registered domain on the web; such as where email should be sent and who is...
Cloud DNS Overview
Our existing DNS infrastructure is a Globally Distributed Anycast Network. Rackspace currently has DNS servers located in Texas, Virginia, and London. Within each datacenter, we have our nameservers split up so...
Manual DNS
There may be times you need to change your server's DNS settings, either because you find they're misconfigured or because you want to use your own. Fortunately there isn't a lot of work involved in changing the DNS...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our New Cloud Control Panel.
Creating DNS records for your domain is easy to do within the Classic Cloud Control...
In this article we discuss adding Google Apps MX records to a domain managed via the New Cloud Control Panel.
DNS
If you haven't already, be sure you verify your domain with Google Apps through their administrative interface....
Technology has managed to become an integral part of our daily lives and plays a significant role on our day to day activities. Some of us, however, may come across words like DNS, A Records, MX Records etc, and may not have a...
In the previous article you learned how to identify the Rackspace Cloud Nameservers, and that you will have to update them with your current domain registrar in order to transfer an existing domain to be served from your new...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from the New Cloud Control Panel by clicking your username in the upper-right of the control panel and selecting "Classic Control...
This guide will introduce you to DNS Management on Rackspace Cloud Sites. We will cover how to create, modify and delete DNS records, create sub-domains and domain aliases and introduce you to the Cloud DNS API (Application...
Table of Contents
General
What is a domain name system (DNS)?What types of customers/accounts have access to Cloud DNS?Where can I find the Cloud DNS API documentation?
Billing and Usage
How much does this service cost?
Existing...
The Domain Name System is essentially the phonebook for the Internet. It manages the relationships between IP addresses (the phone numbers), and domains (individuals and corporations). All domains and their components, such as...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from the New Cloud Control Panel by clicking your username in the upper-right of the control panel and selecting "Classic Cloud...
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - What Are Your Name Servers?
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Transferring Your Domain to Rackspace Cloud
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - DNS Control Panel
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Creating a...
Manual DNS
There may be times you need to change your server's DNS settings, either because you find they're misconfigured or because you want to use your own. Fortunately there isn't a lot of work involved in changing the DNS...
Manual DNS
There may be times you need to change your server's DNS settings, either because you find they're misconfigured or because you want to use your own. Fortunately there isn't a lot of work involved in changing the DNS...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from the New Cloud Control Panel by clicking your username in the upper-right of the control panel and selecting the previous...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our New Cloud Control Panel.
This article provides a quick set of step-by-step instructions for managing your DNS...
Have you just made DNS changes but aren't sure if they're correct? Don't want to wait for the changes to propagate before discovering a small typo?
No problem. Using the common but often ignored command dig (domain information...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our New Cloud Control Panel.
Creating DNS records for your domain is easy to do within the Classic Cloud Control...
Technology has managed to become an integral part of our daily lives and plays a significant role on our day to day activities. Some of us, however, may come across words like DNS, A Records, MX Records etc, and may not have a...
This article will assist you in the process of transferring over your domain from your previous hosting provider over to Rackspace. Let's take a look at the steps below to get you going:
1. First thing you'll want to do is...
An MX record is a type of DNS record that defines where mail servers need to deliver any email that is sent to anyone on your domain. In order for your domain to be able to receive email messages at Rackspace you will need to...
Rackspace allows you to manage your DNS through our control panel while allowing you to keep your domain with your current hosting provider. Let's take a look at the following steps:
Note: There is an annual fee of $5 for the...
Technology has managed to become an integral part of our daily lives and plays a significant role on our day to day activities. Some of us, however, may come across words like DNS, A Records, MX Records etc, and may not have a...
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - What Are Your Name Servers?
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Transferring Your Domain to Rackspace Cloud
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - DNS Control Panel
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Creating a...
In the previous article you learned how to identify the Rackspace Cloud Nameservers, and that you will have to update them with your current domain registrar in order to transfer an existing domain to be served from your new...