Google Domains is a registrar which also offers a DNS service; Google Cloud DNS is a pure cloud-based DNS service, which doesn’t handle domain registration but offers higher control and more features on the service itself.
Setting up a Dynamic DNS synthetic record
Sign in to Google Domains. Select the name of your domain. Open the menu. Click DNS.
Scroll down to Synthetic Records. Select Dynamic DNS from the list of synthetic record types. Enter the name of the resource you plan to have assigned a Dynamic IP, either a subdomain or @ for your default domain (“root domain” or “naked domain”).
Another frequent query is “What types of DNS records does Google domains support?”.
Google Domains supports DNS resource records and DNS wildcard records. All of these records have Name/Type/TTL/Data fields (see About resource records). Learn about how to fix conflicting records errors.
On your computer, sign in to Google Domains. Select the name of your domain. At the top left, click Menu DNS. At the top of the page, click “Google Domains (Active)” or “Custom (Active).” Tip: If you use Google Domains default name servers: “Google Domains (Active)” and “Custom” show up.
How do I add a DNS record in Google Cloud?
For more information about DNS record types, see this list of supported DNS record types. When adding a record, you can add two values or strings to the record set for the same DNS name. When adding record sets, you must add a space between the first value and the second value. In the Google Cloud Console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page.
In the Google Cloud Console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page. Click the name of the managed zone that you want to add the record to. On the Zone details page, click Add record set. On the Create record set page, in the DNS name field, enter the subdomain of the DNS zone—for example, mail.
You may be asking “How does Google Cloud choose my DNS zone?”
If you have already created a zone, Google Cloud chooses that zone by default. If you choose Google Domains, select whether you want to enable or disable DNSSEC. For more information on DNSSEC, see DNS Security. If you choose Custom name servers, enter at least two name servers.
What are Google Cloud domains?
Use Cloud Domains to register and manage domains in Google Cloud and automatically set up DNS zones for your domains. Cloud DNS translates requests for domain names like www., and google. Com into IP addresses like 74.125.29.101. Cloud Domains allow customers to register and manage domains on Google Cloud and provide tight integration with Cloud DNS.
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To create a record set, follow these steps:
In the Google Cloud Console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page. Go to Cloud DNS zones
Click the name of the managed zone that you want to add the record to. On the Zone details page, click Add record set. On the Create record set page, in the DNS name field, enter the subdomain of the DNS zone—for example, mail. The trailing dot is automatically added at the end. Select the Resource record type —for example, MX . In the TTL field, enter a numeric value for the resource record’s time to live, which is the amount of time that it can be cached.
While researching we ran into the query “How do I set up Custom Records with Google Domains?”.
At the top of the page, confirm that the Google Domains tab is set to “Google Domains ( Active ).” If the Custom tab is set to “Custom (Active),” you use custom name servers and must configure resource records with your name server provider. Under “Resource records,” click Custom records Manage custom records.
What is Google DNS server?
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You could be wondering “Why use cloud DNS?”
Cloud DNS can scale to large numbers of DNS zones and records. You can reliably create and update millions of DNS records. Our name servers automatically scale to handle query volume. Use Cloud Domains to register and manage domains in Google Cloud and automatically set up DNS zones for your domains.
An A or Address record (also known as a host record ) links a domain to the physical IP address of a computer hosting that domain’s services. With Google Cloud services, you can add an A record to enable your “naked” domain address. To add and modify A records for your domain, see About A records. ↑ back to top NS Record.