DNS and domains

The DNS and Domains page at flux.gigahost.no/dns holds every DNS zone on the account and every domain registered through Gigahost. From here you add zones, register domains and move domains to Gigahost.

Task	Page
Add a zone, edit records, import a zone file, set up redirects	DNS zones and records
Register a new domain	Register a domain
Move one domain to Gigahost	Transfer a domain
Move many .no domains at once, or everything from Domeneshop	Mass transfer of .no domains
Renewal, auth code, nameservers, registrant	Manage a domain
Sign a domain with DNSSEC	DNSSEC

Sub-client users see the zones delegated to them, but cannot register, transfer or add zones.

Zone list

A zone and a domain are not the same thing. A zone is the set of records Gigahost serves; a domain is the registration at the registry. A zone can exist without the domain being registered with Gigahost, and a domain registered with Gigahost can point to other nameservers.

• Padlock: the domain is registered with Gigahost, and the zone cannot be deleted.
• Warning triangle: the domain is registered elsewhere, with a TLD Gigahost sells. Click it to transfer the domain.
• DOMAIN SET TO EXPIRE: auto-renew is off, so the domain lapses at the expiry date. See Auto-renew.
• WEBHOSTING: the zone belongs to a webhosting account. Its records are also on the account's DNS tab.
• SUSPENDED: the zone has been suspended by Gigahost. Hover over it for the reason and contact Support.
• EXTERNAL DNS: the domain uses other nameservers, so the records in Flux are not what the internet sees.

While a mass transfer runs, the status column shows where each domain is.

Nameserver configuration

A domain registered elsewhere must use the Gigahost nameservers at its registrar before the records in Flux take effect:

• ns1.gigahost.no
• ns2.gigahost.no
• ns3.gigahost.no

Changes to nameservers and records can take 24 to 48 hours to be visible everywhere, because resolvers cache the old answers until the TTL runs out.