DNS Bucket

DNS Bucket allows you to manage your domain DNS zones and records directly from CloudRaya.

With DNS Bucket, you can verify domain ownership, delegate DNS management to CloudRaya, and centrally manage DNS records for your domains in a secure and controlled manner.

This page explains how DNS Bucket works and how to configure it end-to-end.

What Is DNS Bucket?

DNS Bucket is a DNS management service that lets you:

Add and verify domain zones
Manage DNS resolution to CloudRaya
Manage DNS records (A, CNAME, MX, TXT, etc.)
Monitor verification and domain status

Accessing DNS Bucket

From the CloudRaya Control Panel:

Other Products → DNS Bucket

You will see a list of your domains that are already added and managed through DNS Bucket, with the following columns:

Domain Zone: the domain name
Status: Active, Need Verification, or Deleted
Date: when the domain zone was added
Action: depends on status
- Active: view the domain's DNS records, or delete the domain zone
- Need Verification: verify the domain zone
- Deleted: no actions available

DNS Bucket Workflow Overview

Managing a domain with DNS Bucket consists of two main phases:

Add & Verify Domain Ownership
Delegating DNS Resolution and Manage Records

Both phases are required for full DNS functionality.

Phase 1: Adding a Domain Zone to DNS Bucket

Step 1: Add a Domain Zone

Open DNS Bucket
Click Add Domain Zone
Enter the domain name you want to manage

Example: yourwebsite.com
Click Save

After submitting, CloudRaya will generate verification instructions.

Step 2: Verify Domain Ownership (CNAME Verification)

To confirm that you own the domain, DNS Bucket uses a randomized CNAME verification record. The verification dialog opens automatically right after you add the domain zone, and shows:

CNAME record: a randomized hostname under your own domain (e.g. 372_467429ebcf082b.yourdomain.com)
Set alias of: the CNAME target, test.dnsbucket.com

What You Need to Do

Log in to your domain registrar or DNS provider
Locate the DNS record editor
Add a CNAME record using the values shown in the dialog
Save the record

You can click Verify Now right away, or Verify Later to add the CNAME record first and come back to it.

Step 3: Verify the Domain

After adding the CNAME record:

Return to DNS Bucket
Click the Verify Zone icon next to the domain (shown while its status is Need Verification), then click Verify Now in the dialog.

DNS Bucket checks periodically for up to three days and sends a notification email once ownership is verified. After verifying, reload the page to see the updated status.

You may also verify propagation manually using:

DNS Checker – CNAME
https://dnschecker.org/#CNAME/

Paste the generated CNAME hostname and confirm it resolves to test.dnsbucket.com.

Verification Result

If successful:
- Domain status changes to Active
- You will receive a verification success email
If not yet propagated:
- Status remains Need Verification
- You can retry using Recheck

Phase 2: Delegating DNS Resolution to DNS Bucket

After domain verification, DNS Bucket still does not control DNS resolution until nameservers are updated.

Step 4: Update Domain Nameservers

To route DNS queries through CloudRaya, update your domain nameservers to:

ns1.dnsbucket.com
ns2.dnsbucket.com

How to Check Current Nameservers

You can use tools such as:

WHOIS lookup
IntoDNS
DNS Checker – NS

https://dnschecker.org/#NS/

Propagation Time

Nameserver changes may take up to 24 hours
DNS resolution may vary across different resolvers during propagation.

Once propagation is complete, DNS Bucket becomes authoritative for the domain.

Managing DNS Records

Open DNS Bucket
Select the domain
You'll see its DNS Records list, with columns Record Type, Hostname, Value, Priority, TTL, Date Added, and Action

Each domain zone starts with a SOA record and two NS records (ns1.dnsbucket.com, ns2.dnsbucket.com), these are managed by CloudRaya and cannot be deleted.

Add a Record

Click Add Record and fill in:

Type: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, or SRV
Hostname: the subdomain part only, your domain is appended automatically (e.g. entering www on yourdomain.com creates www.yourdomain.com)
Direct to: the target value, its format depends on the selected type (an IPv4 address for A, a hostname for CNAME, etc.)
TTL: pick a preset duration (10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 9 hours) or enter a custom value in seconds

All records created here are served by DNS Bucket.

Complete CNAME verification before changing nameservers
Keep verification records unchanged until the domain status is active
Allow sufficient time for DNS propagation
Verify DNS changes using external tools when troubleshooting