FAQ

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Here are some commonly asked questions. If you have any other questions, feel free to join our IRC channel #servfail on hackint or the bridged Matrix room #servfail:hackint.org to ask us.

Where to delegate my domains?

To at least a few of the following servers (ideally all of them):

ns1.famfo.xyz.
ns2.famfo.xyz.
miyuki.sakamoto.pl.
ns1.homecloud.lol.
sakamoto.pl.
ns1.fops.at.

As time goes on, we'll probably add some more servers here (more redundancy more better)! Of those, currently all but ns2.famfo.xyz can act as a Primary. Check out the adding flow from the UI to learn more.

In terms of how to delegate it, you have two options:

1. Go to your registrar, and change the nameservers over there. This will likely take a while (upwards of a day), during which the SERVFAIL UI will scream at you that the domain hasn't been delegated. This is (mostly) fine, please stand by.

2. If you wish to delegate only a subdomain: Go to your current DNS provider, and create several NS records for said subdomain, pointing to our servers. Generally, this may look something like this:

   subdomain.example.com. 3600 IN NS miyuki.sakamoto.pl.
   subdomain.example.com. 3600 IN NS ns1.famfo.xyz.
   subdomain.example.com. 3600 IN NS ns2.famfo.xyz.
   subdomain.example.com. 3600 IN NS ns1.homecloud.lol.
   subdomain.example.com. 3600 IN NS sakamoto.pl.
   subdomain.example.com. 3600 IN NS ns1.fops.at.
   

API?

We expose a PowerDNS-compatible API under https://beta.servfail.network/api/v1/servers/{server}/zones/{zone}. More information about this feature is available in the API section.

The API proxy is somewhat WIP and we may be missing a few endpoints. This will get finished in the coming days.

It says my domain isn't delegated!

Don't panic. Check if your domain is actually delegated to us yet (whois/ask your registrar/idk). If it is, and it still failed - try again a few more times (F5 and resend is OK). Also, please report this issue, alongside your domain name. Some particular TLDs can fail non-deterministically, and we haven't had a chance to debug this sufficiently yet.