01 / Platform and software / C.01How it works
C.01

DNS zone editor

You edit a domain’s DNS records from the panel: A, MX, TXT and CAA all use the same form. The panel knows the rules for each record type, so a bad value never gets saved. It also bumps the SOA serial on every change, and if an edit goes wrong you can reset the zone.

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app.ctapanel.com/dnsDNS zone11 records · cluster fra-01Add recordDOMAINatolyeyedi.comAAAAACNAMEMXTXTCAATypeNameValueTTLA​@185.42.17.9014400Awww185.42.17.9014400MX​@10 mail.atolyeyedi.com14400TXT​@v=spf1 +a +mx -all3600CNAMEcpanelweb01.ams.ctahost.com14400systemSOA serial2026092204Reset zoneSystem records cannot be deleted, and the SOA serial is bumped on every change — the way panels do it.01020304
  1. 01Validation per typeEach of the eight record types has its own rule: priority on MX, weight and port on SRV, tag on CAA.
  2. 02System records lockedThey cannot be deleted; the panel services’ CNAME records are added according to the panel type.
  3. 03SOA serial bumpsEvery change bumps the serial and stamps the update time, the way panels do it.
  4. 04Zone resetThe zone goes back to its original state, undoing all your changes in one go.
Fig. 02 — DNS zone editor
03 / What it does5 points

What it does.

When a customer’s mail stops or their site moves to a new server, the fix usually comes down to one DNS record. Here you find it and change it in seconds. Forget the priority on an MX record and the panel tells you before it saves anything. If an edit goes badly wrong, you reset the zone to the way it was. Missing SPF and DMARC records are read from the same data as the email screen, so you spot them while you are already in the zone.

  1. Eight record types, each with its own validation: priority on MX, weight and port on SRV, a tag on CAA.

  2. Every change bumps the SOA serial and stamps the update time, the same way the panels do.

  3. System records can’t be deleted. The panel services’ CNAME records are added to match the panel type.

  4. Reset a zone to its original state and undo all your changes in one go.

  5. DNS clusters and zone problems get their own lists. Missing SPF and DMARC records come from the same data as the email screen.

04 / Panel-by-panel support4 / 4 panels

Which panels support it?

Capability DNS zone editor

  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel

Servers without a control panel have no account, reseller or mailbox management, because those come from the panel itself. Firewall, DNS, services and the terminal work over SSH. See the full table

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