DNS Records Settings

DNS Records Settings

These settings can be found under the DNS tab in your site settings, to access it:
Under 'SITES', select your domain and click on 'Settings'.

Adding & Removing records

To add a record, click the blue add record option which will open up a new section where you can fill in the various fields.

DNS

The proxied switch will enable Polaris protection to those servers. However, it is not recommended to turn on this protection for servers which do not run on ports 80 or 443 such as mail servers or FTP. For all other servers, it is recommended that you turn on protection.

To delete a record, click the "Bin" icon under the Actions column. If you would like to edit a record, remove the old record and add a new one.







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