DNS is what turns a name like www.yourcompany.com into the address of your server. Where you manage it depends on your setup: at your domain registrar, or through the Gewape Cloud DNS service via the API.
Pointing a name at a server
- Give the server a public IP and note the address.
- At wherever your domain's DNS is managed, create an A record for the name (for example
www) pointing to that address. - Wait for it to take effect. Changes are not instant; they spread over minutes to a few hours depending on the record's TTL.
Changing DNS safely
- Lower the TTL first. A day or two before a planned change, reduce the record's TTL so the new value spreads quickly when you switch.
- Write down the current values before you change anything, so you can revert.
- Change one record at a time and confirm it resolves before moving on.
If you use a custom domain for media buckets, the console gives you the exact record to add and a verify step. For programmatic DNS across many records, the DNS service is documented in the developer docs.