Cloud DNS Zone

Creating a Route 53 hosted zone to program DNS entries

The DuploCloud Platform requires a unique GCP Cloud DNS zone to create DNS entries for the services you deploy. The domain must be registered with a domain provider and set in DuploCloud before configuration. We recommend creating a subdomain such as apps.[MY-COMPANY].com or internal.[my-company].com.

For more info about DNS setup and custom DNS names, see the DNS Configuration documentation.

Never use this subdomain for any other purpose, as DuploCloud owns all CNAME entries in this domain and will remove any entries it does not manage.

Creating a DNS Zone

Create a DNS Zone in the GCP Console:

1. Log in to the GCP console.

2. Select Network Services -> Cloud DNS.

3. Click Create Zone, as shown below, and note the Zone Name you create. You will need it to add to DuploCloud in a later step.

4. Access the zone and note the Nameserver names.

Configuring NS Records

1. Navigate to your root Domain Provider's site (for acme.com, for example).

2. Create an NS record that references the domain name of the hosted zone you created (apps.acme.com), and add the zone name to the Nameservers you noted above.

Provisioning the Zone in DuploCloud

Provision the zone in every DuploCloud Plan, starting with the Plan created in the previous step.

1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to Administrator -> Plans.

2. Select the Plan name from the NAME column.

3. Select the DNS tab, and click Edit. The Set Plan DNS pane displays.

4. In the Cloud DNS Zone field, enter the zone name.

5. In the External DNS Suffix and Internal DNS Suffix fields, enter the domain name, preceded with a dot (.)

6. Click Submit.

Do not forget the dot (.) at the beginning of the DNS suffix, in the form as shown below.

The Set Plan DNS pane

Note that this domain must be set in each new Plan you create in your DuploCloud Infrastructure.