Connect External Nameservers

DigitalPlat delegates the registered domain to an external authoritative DNS service. It does not provide the editor for ordinary DNS records.

DigitalPlat does not endorse or guarantee any third-party DNS service. The screenshots below use Cloudflare only as a short interface example.

Create the External Zone

Create an account with the external DNS service and add the complete domain.

Choose an external service plan that meets your own requirements.

Copy Assigned Nameservers

The external service assigns authoritative nameserver hostnames.

Copy every hostname exactly. Do not enter an IP address, public resolver address, or DNS record value in the DigitalPlat nameserver fields.

Save Nameservers in DigitalPlat

Enter the assigned external nameserver hostnames during registration or in the available domain management workflow.

DigitalPlat's responsibility ends at delegation. After delegation, open the external DNS service to create website, email, or verification records.

Verify Delegation

dig NS example.dpdns.org

The answer must contain the same external nameservers entered in DigitalPlat.

Trace the parent path when needed:

dig +trace NS example.dpdns.org

Ask an external authoritative server directly:

dig @ns1.dns-service.example SOA example.dpdns.org

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Correct action
Entering a server IP as an NS value	Enter the assigned authoritative nameserver hostname
Looking for an A-record editor in DigitalPlat	Open the external DNS zone
Creating a zone with the wrong domain spelling	Recreate or correct the external zone before delegation
Entering only one of several assigned nameservers	Enter the complete assigned set
Waiting when the external authoritative server has no zone	Fix the external zone first

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