Domains > Domain Attributes

When you click Edit on the Domains page, the Domain Attributes page displays.

domain attributes page

The Domain Attributes page consists of the following entities:

Records Tab

By default, when you click a domain to edit on the Domains page, the Records tab displays.

Full Domain Records Tab

domain records tab

CNAME Domain Records Tab

domain records tab cname

If there are no existing records, and you require help in its creation, click the Learn More link for instructions.

Click Create Record for either domain type.
The Create a Record dialog displays.

domain records create

When you edit a record, the Record Details fly-in window displays.

Edit Record (Full Domain)

full record edit

Edit Record (CNAME Domain)

cname record edit

The Create Record panel and Edit Records fly-in consists of the following options.

Option Description

TYPE drop-down

Indicates the Record Type.

NAME text field

Hostname.
Use @ for root.

TARGET text field

For CNAME domains, this field is an IPv4 (A record) or IPv6 (AAAA record) address.
For Full domains, the value in this field is dependent on which record type you select.

CNAME TARGET

System-generated DNS CNAME Target which you will provide to your DNS provider.

TTL text field

Sets the time to live value.

PROXY checkbox

Enable (toggle right) or disable (toggle right) Edge Proxy Server.
When proxy is enabled, and there are no routing rules configured, only caching will be active for this record.
To create routing rules, see Request Routing Rules and Routing Match Types.

PRIORITY

Only available for MX records.
Sets the record to be higher priority over the other records.

ID field

Read-only.
System-generated identification number.

Request Routing Tab

When you click the Request Routing tab, the Rules List displays. If there are no existing rules, and you require help in its creation, click the Learn More link for instructions.

Click Create Rule to display the Create a Rule dialog.

Routing Rule Panel

The Create a Rule dialog consists of the following objects.

Object Description

NAME text field

Enter a name for your routing rule.

MATCH TYPE drop-down

Select Exact or Pattern type.
See Routing Match Types for the supported values.

MATCH VALUE text field

Enter the value to be matched with the MATCH TYPE.

ACTION drop-down

Select Redirect or Rewrite.
See Request Routing Rules for the supported values.

NOTE: The scheme parameter is compulsory in the routing destination. Make sure your target server support TLS verification for the requesting domain.

ROUTING DESTINATION text field

Enter the target of a given Match Rule. Placeholders are used to indicate the incoming request data.
See Routing Destinations for additional information.

Click the information icon to review a list of examples.

routing rule examples

Saved Rules are displayed in the table view under the Create Rule button.

domain routing

SSL/TLS Tab

When you click the SSL/TLS tab, the Certificates Table displays the list of custom certificates and managed certificate added for the domain.

cert listing

If there are no existing records, and you require help in its creation, click the Learn More link for instructions.

The Certificates Table consists of the following objects.

Object Description

Add Certificate drop-down list

Select Add Custom Certificate to create a custom SSL certificate or Add Managed Certificate to auto-generate an SSL certificate.

Search Certificates text box

Enter the name of a specific certificate and the table populates with any matching certificates.

STATUS

Displays the current status of the certificate.

NAME

Displays the name of the certificate. For managed certificates, the default name displayed is EDJX MANAGED.
You can edit the name of both custom and managed certificates.

TYPE

Displays the type of certificate - Custom or Managed.

EXPIRY

Displays the date that the certificate expires.

CREATED BY

Displays the name of the user who added the certificate to the domain.

CREATED ON

Displays the certificate creation timestamp formatted as
Month Date, Year Hour:Min:Sec (AM or PM).

See Custom SSL Certificates and Managed SSL Certificates for details on each certificate.

Custom Certificates

Select Add Custom Certificate from the Add Certificate drop-down to display the Create a Certificate dialog.

Add Certificate

Click on a certificate row to display the Edit Certificate fly-in window.

domain certs edit

The Create a Certificate panel and Edit Certificate fly-in allow you to configure the following objects.

Object Description

NAME

Enter or edit the name of the certificate.

CERTIFICATE

A valid X.509 certificate.

CHAIN

Contains all the intermediate certificates up to the root certificate.

FINGERPRINT

Displays the system-generated public keys that are used for the verification of other certificates in the chain.

ID

Contains the secret key of the certificate, which is used by the Web server to make an SSL/TLS connection.

Managed Certificates

When you select Add Managed Certificate from the Add Certificate drop-down, it starts the generation process for the managed certificate.
On successful generation, the certificated is added to list of certificates presented on the SSL/TLS tab.
If a managed certificate exists for the domain, an error message displays.

Activity Tab

The Activity tab on the Domain Attributes page allows you to view all actions performed across one Domain or Record.

Click any of the actions to view the corresponding Details fly-in window.

record activity tab

Domain Attributes Panel and Summary Cards

This section provides details about the Domain Attributes panel and Summary Cards.

Domain Attributes Full Domain

Domain Attributes

Domain Attributes CNAME Domain

domain attributes cname

The Domain Attributes panel contains the following objects.

Object Description

NAME field

Read-only.
Usually the domain URL.

DESCRIPTION text field

A brief description of the domain.

TYPE tag

Displays the domain type: Full or CNAME.

STATUS tag

Displays the verification status of the domain.
CNAME domain status: Unverified, Verifying…​, and Verified
Full domain status: Verified

ORGANIZATION field

Read-only.
Displays the connected organization.

Save button

Becomes active when the DESCRIPTION changes.

Verify button

CNAME domains only. After entering the required TXT record to your domain registrar, you can initiate EdjPlatform to verify the domain.

Start Cache Purge button

Initiates the cache purge process and removes cached content from the network.
CNAME domains display this button when in Status Verified. This option is always available for Full domains.

Delete button

Removes the domain from the EdjDNS.

domain records card

Displays the number of records in the domain and the record types.

domain proxy card

Displays the number of records that have proxy enabled and disabled.

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