DNS - A record
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About
An A is a type of DNS record that maps a domain name to a IP address Version 4.
The AAAA records maps a domain name to a IP address Version 6
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Example
api IN A 164.132.99.202
where:
- api is a relative name
- IN is the INTERNET class
- A is the A record.
- 164.132.99.202 is the Ip address
If the apex domain is example.com, this entry will point the qualified domain name api.example.com to the ip 164.132.99.202
Documentation / Reference
- See Rfc1035