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Google Cloud DNS

Cloud DNS is a scalable, reliable, and managed authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) service running on the same infrastructure as Google.

Key Features

  • Reliability: 100% availability SLA.
  • Performance: Low latency global network.
  • Programmable: Manage records via API, gcloud, or Console.

Use Cases

  • Public Zones: Publish your domain names to the internet.
  • Private Zones: Manage internal DNS names within your VPC.

Key Concepts

  • Managed Zone: A container for DNS records for the same DNS name suffix.
  • Record Sets: The actual DNS records (A, CNAME, MX, etc.).
  • DNS Peering: Forward DNS queries to another VPC.