Getting ready

Before we do that, let us shed some light on a few keywords:

• DNS zone: This refers to a certain part of the existing global DNS name. Every DNS zone represents a boundary over certain DNS entities, the authority of which belongs to a legal entity or an organization.
• DNS type: There are various types of DNS record, for example, a type A record and a type CNAME record. An A type record maps a name to an IP address and a CNAME records the map's name with another name.