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Adding a domain you own to your DigitalOcean account lets you manage the domain’s DNS records with the control panel and API. Domains you manage on DigitalOcean integrate with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and Spaces to streamline automatic SSL certificate management.
- Point to DigitalOcean Name Servers From Common Domain Registrars
- How to Add Domains
- How to Create, Edit, and Delete DNS Records
- How to Add a Subdomain to Your Domain
- Why does my domain fail to resolve?
- DNS Pricing
- I can't delete my domain because of an associated Let's Encrypt certificate
- DNS Quickstart
- How do I debug my Droplet's network configuration?
- How to Download DNS Zone Files
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
Reference
API and CLI reference documentation for the domains and DNS, including example requests and available parameters, and other DNS tools.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in DNS.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Support
Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.
Latest Updates
5 June 2023
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The Domains and DNS management service now only allows you to add domains with known top-level domains (TLDs) publicly recognized by ICANN.
For more information, see all Domains and DNS release notes.