Creating Public DNS Zone In Azure

Introduction

You can host your domain using Azure DNS, which offers a globally distributed, high-availability name server architecture. You can manage your DNS records using the same login information, APIs, tools, billing, and support for your other Azure services if you host your domains in Azure DNS. Domain name purchases are not yet supported by Azure DNS. You must work with a third-party domain name registrar if you wish to buy a domain name. A minor annual fee is normally charged by the registrar. After that, the domains can be hosted in Azure DNS for DNS record maintenance. For further information, see Delegate a Domain to Azure DNS.

In this article, we will learn how to create an Azure DNS and how to register the Azure DNS name server to the external domain providers.

Step 1

In the resource group click on + Create.

Step 2

Type DNS Zone in the search bar and click Create to deploy the DNS Zone.

Step 3

Select the correct subscription and the resource group. Then enter the name for our public domain name. in this article I am going to add my own domain name Koshila.tech. Then click Create to deploy the Koshila.tech DNS Zone.

Step 4

Go to the DNS Zone (Koshila.tech) and then copy the name servers to replace the default name servers in the domain provider (hostinger).

Step 5

Go to Manage in your domain provider (hostinger) website to manage DNS/Nameserver.

Step 6

Go to DNS/Nameservers to change Nameservers.

Step 7

Select Change Nameservers radio button to replace the default name servers in the domain provider (hostinger).

Step 8

Click Save to save the new nameservers.

Summary

In this article, we learned how to create the Azure DNS and how to map our Azure DNS to a external domain provider. In our next article, we will learn how to map our external domain to Azure App Services.