PD Google Cloud DNS connects Google Cloud DNS to Blesta, giving staff a zone-management view and customers access to the DNS records of their own domains.

What you can use it for

Use the module to keep routine DNS record changes in the client portal. The record editor presents fields appropriate to the record type: an address record and a mail-exchange record do not ask for the same information. Staff control which zones each customer can manage.

Before you start

Install PD Modules for Blesta first, connect the account that holds your licence, then install PD Google Cloud DNS from its Store. Allow the staff group that needs to use it.

Prepare a Google Cloud project with Cloud DNS access and the required service-account credentials. Confirm the project containing your managed zones before enabling client access. A zone in an admin list is not evidence that the domain is delegated to it.

Connect the provider and review a zone

1. Open the module’s provider configuration and add the prepared connection. Keep provider credentials in the connection settings, rather than in a client note.
2. Review a zone you recognise. Confirm its owner and the existing records before assigning customer access.
3. Configure the relevant zone limits and any record template you intend to use. Read the template before applying it to an existing zone.
4. Check the customer’s Manage DNS view and confirm it shows the intended domain. The customer should manage their own zones, not the provider account.

Check the result

Compare a known record with the authoritative zone and confirm the domain’s nameserver delegation. After an approved record change, allow for DNS caching when checking the public answer. If a zone is missing, check the provider connection and zone assignment before recreating it.

Explore the module

See the PD Google Cloud DNS for Blesta module page for the current product details.

Google Cloud DNS task guides

• Connect Google Cloud DNS to Blesta with a service account
• Rotate the Google Cloud DNS service-account key in Blesta
• Find Google Cloud DNS zones and investigate missing records in Blesta
• Create a Google Cloud DNS public zone and delegate it from Blesta
• Assign Google Cloud DNS zones to clients in Blesta
• Point a website with Google Cloud DNS A, AAAA or CNAME records in Blesta
• Configure Google Cloud DNS MX records for email in Blesta
• Add a domain-verification TXT record in Google Cloud DNS from Blesta
• Publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC in Google Cloud DNS through Blesta
• Add a service SRV record in Google Cloud DNS through Blesta
• Create and apply Google Cloud DNS templates in Blesta
• Import or export Google Cloud DNS records through Blesta
• Back up Google Cloud DNS records and understand restore limits in Blesta
• Set Google Cloud DNS client zone and record allowances in Blesta
• Automate Google Cloud DNS record changes through Blesta
• Create Google Cloud DNS zones automatically from Blesta services
• Troubleshoot Google Cloud DNS health and background jobs in Blesta
• Understand Google Cloud DNSSEC support when using Blesta