Your Plesk works in cooperation with a DNS server which enables you to
run the DNS service on the same machine where you host websites. This
server is BIND on Linux and Microsoft DNS or BIND on Windows. For
instructions on switching between these two DNS servers on Windows, see
Using BIND Instead of Microsoft DNS (Windows).
How Plesk Creates DNS Zones
Setup of DNS zones for newly added domains is automated: When you add a
domain name to the Customer Panel, a zone file is automatically
generated for it and registered in the name server’s database, and the
name server is instructed to act as a primary (master) DNS server for
the zone. Subscribers can manage DNS zones of their domains through the
Customer Panel if their subscriptions provide the corresponding
permissions. Additionally, subscribers can choose whether they want to
use Plesk DNS server as a master or a slave DNS server, or switch off
the DNS service for their domains. To learn how to manage DNS zones of
domains within a subscription, refer to the section (Advanced)
Configuring DNS for a Domain.
Plesk creates DNS zones for domains in accordance with the server-wide
DNS template. The template defines the structure of DNS zones for all
domains in Plesk. To learn how to edit the DNS template and apply its
changes to existing zones, refer to the section Server-Wide DNS
Template.
Switching Off the DNS Service for Hosted Domains
Plesk allows you to switch off the DNS service for all or certain
domains hosted on your server. To learn how to do this, see the section
Switching Off the DNS Service.
External DNS Servers
If you do not want to run the DNS service on your Plesk server, you can
use an external DNS for domains hosted on your server. Learn more in the
section Using External DNS Servers.
Using Plesk Without a DNS Server
You can exclude the DNS server component from your Plesk installation.
To do this, use the custom type of installation (refer to the
Deployment
guide
for details) and deselect the corresponding component (BIND DNS server
support on Linux and Microsoft DNS server on Windows).
If you do this, Plesk does not provide the DNS service for websites
hosted on it until you install a DNS server or connect an external DNS
service. To learn what happens when the DNS service is not configured in
your Plesk, see the section Plesk Without a DNS Server.
Next in this chapter, we will provide details on how to configure
various aspects of the DNS service for domains hosted on your server.
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