# DNS

Source: https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/topic/dns

Records, nameservers and propagation.

6 articles

- [Site DNS Tab](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/site-dns-tab): The DNS tab shows the live DNS records for the domain attached to a site, so you can check what a name currently resolves to without leaving the site you are working on. It is a read-only view…
- [Premium DNS](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/premium-dns): Premium DNS upgrades a single domain's zone to anycast resolution with health-checked failover, so visitors are answered from the nearest node and a dead origin is removed from DNS automatically.
- [Domain Verification Records](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/domain-verification-records): How to prove you own a domain, whether the service asking is KapsuleHost, Google, Microsoft or anyone else, and how to add the record in KPanel.
- [Setting Up CNAME Records for Subdomains](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/cname-records): A CNAME (Canonical Name) record maps one domain name to another. It is commonly used to point a subdomain to a third-party service, such as shop.yourdomain.com pointing to your Shopify store, or…
- [Pointing Your Domain Email to KapsuleHost](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/mx-records): MX (Mail Exchanger) records tell the internet which mail server handles email for your domain. If you want to use KapsuleHost mailboxes for your domain, you need to ensure your domain's MX records…
- [DNS Basics: A Records, MX, CNAME, and TXT Explained](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/dns-basics): DNS is one of those things that works invisibly when everything is correct, and becomes critical to understand when something is wrong. This article explains what DNS is, what each record type does…

Guides for the DNS records behind your domain: what each record type does, pointing email and subdomains, verification records for outside services, and managing the zone for a site. If DNS is new to you, start with [DNS Basics: A Records, MX, CNAME, and TXT Explained](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/dns-basics). To route your email, read [Pointing Your Domain Email to KapsuleHost](https://support.kapsulehost.com/en-nz/mx-records).

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