How does DNS work at WebOké?

Below you can read a brief overview of how DNS works at WebOké.

Two nameservers

We use two central nameservers, on different networks and locations. If one goes down, the other simply keeps running.

• ns1.webawere.nl (185.158.165.26)
• ns2.webawere.nl (95.142.98.222)

Where do you change the DNS?

• Domain in a hosting package: change the records in My WebOké under My Domains, tab DNS, or in DirectAdmin under DNS Management. The server of your package will apply the change to our nameservers within a few minutes.
• Domain without hosting package: change the records in My WebOké under My Domains, tab DNS.

You can read how this works in Managing DNS records in My WebOké.

The default records for a hosting package

Type   Name             Value
A      @ and *          the IP address of your package
AAAA   @ and *          the IPv6 address of your package
NS     @                ns1.webawere.nl. and ns2.webawere.nl.
MX     @                the server of your package, e.g. linux2023.webawere.nl. (priority 10 and 30)
TXT    @                v=spf1 a mx include:webawere.nl ~all
TXT    _dmarc           v=DMARC1;p=reject
TXT    x._domainkey     the DKIM key of your domain

The asterisk (*) ensures that www, mail, and all other names also point to your package. More explanation per record can be found in Opening DNS Management and reading the records.

Other nameservers

Do you want to use other nameservers, for example from Cloudflare? You don't change this in the hosting package, but in My WebOké at the domain. From that moment on, you manage the DNS with that other party and changes made with us no longer have any effect. Read Using your own or external nameservers for your domain.