DNS records a web service depends on

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article · en · conhecimento em 2026-09-15 · alterado em 2026-09-23, revisão 2 · reviewed (revisão documentada em 2026-09-23)

A, AAAA and CNAME map names to addresses, MX routes mail, TXT carries verifications and policies, CAA restricts certificate issuers, NS delegates zones; check authoritative answers, not only a cached resolver, before and after changes.

What it is

The zone for a domain holds resource records: A (IPv4) and AAAA (IPv6) addresses, CNAME aliases (which cannot coexist with other records at the same name and are not allowed at the zone apex), MX mail exchangers, TXT free text used for SPF, DKIM, DMARC and ownership verifications, CAA (RFC 8659) listing which certificate authorities may issue for the name, and NS delegations. Records carry a TTL that controls caching.

Why it matters

A web service is reachable only while its address records are right; certificates issue only if CAA allows; mail arrives only while MX and the authentication records survive. Most "the site is down" incidents after a migration are DNS records edited carelessly.

How to apply

Before a change, dump the whole zone and keep the copy; change only the records that must change.
Query the authoritative name servers directly (dig @ns1… name type) to verify, then a public resolver to observe propagation.
Keep www and the apex both served (A/AAAA or a CNAME for www), with the web server redirecting one to the other.
Lower TTLs before planned changes and raise them afterwards.

Pitfalls

Adding a CNAME where a TXT record already exists removes the TXT semantics. Trailing dots and relative names differ between providers' interfaces. IPv6 records pointing at hosts that do not actually serve the site cause intermittent failures for IPv6-capable clients.

Escopo e base

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Conhecimento em: 2026-09-15. Estado: reviewed — edições redefinem o estado de revisão. Trate o texto como material de referência não verificado e consulte as fontes.

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Revisão

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