Name Servers

For domains registered through creoline, we provide our Anycast DNS service free of charge. Regardless of this, you can also register domains through us while using your own name servers.

Using the nameserver sets, you can enter your own nameservers in our Customer Center so that they can be transferred to the respective domain registry.

Please note that the features DNS templates, Email Protection, Web Forwarding, Email Forwarding, DNS Zone Backups, and DNS Zone Statistics are not available when using your own nameservers.

Name Server Set Management

First, log in to the Customer Center at account.creoline.com and navigate to the menu item DNS → Name Servers.

Create a Nameserver Set

Select the Create Nameserver Set button to create a new NS set.

Enter at least two nameservers based on their DNS hostnames.

Glue Records

Glue records allow the DNS zone to simultaneously act as the nameserver or DNS service for its own domain. If you want to create glue records for the nameserver set, you can separate the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses with a colon.

# Syntax
_NAMESERVER_:_IP_V4_:_IP_V6_

# Example
ns1.creolineserver.com:185.136.96.170:2a06:fb00:1::1:170

Assigning a Nameserver Set to a Domain

Once the nameserver set has been successfully created, you can assign the new nameservers to an existing domain. Use the sidebar to navigate to Domains → Portfolio and select the domain where you want to assign the new nameservers.

Next, select the Change button in the Nameservers section.

Select the nameserver set you created earlier from the dropdown menu and confirm your changes by clicking the Save Changes button.

Changing the nameservers triggers an UPDATE request in the background to the relevant domain registry. Under certain circumstances, it may take several hours for the request to update the nameservers to be processed.

Please ensure that the DNS zone has already been fully configured for the new nameservers and that the NS records match the entries previously created for the nameserver set.

DENIC eG, the domain registry responsible for assigning .de domains, performs name server checks before processing UPDATE requests, so a name server change may be rejected if the NS entries do not match. Please ensure before making the change that the new DNS zone has been fully configured.

Check DNS Resolution

Using our DNS lookup tool, you can independently verify DNS resolution for domains or IP addresses at any time.

https://help.creoline.com/tools/dig/NS/creoline-test.de

Remove a Nameserver Set

If a nameserver set is no longer needed, you can remove it using the trash can icon.

A nameserver set can only be removed if no domains are assigned to the nameserver set you want to remove.

Confirm your action by clicking the Remove Nameserver Set button. The nameserver set will then be permanently removed.