What should I set DNS TTL to?
Generally, we recommend a TTL of 24 hours (86,400 seconds). However, if you are planning to make DNS changes, you should lower the TTL to 5 minutes (300 seconds) at least 24 hours in advance of making the changes. After the changes are made, increase the TTL back to 24 hours.
What is TTL 3600?
Time To Live, or TTL for short, is the sort of expiration date that is put on a DNS record. With a TTL of 3600 seconds, or 1 hour, that means that as a recursive server learns about example.com, it will store that information about the A-record at example.com for one hour.
How do I set up TTL?
Instructions
- Sign into the Account Center.
- Click the domain you want to edit.
- Under DNS & ZONE FILES, click on Edit DNS Zone File.
- Scroll down to the Additional Zone Actions tool, click on the Lower TTL button.
- Click the Raise TTL button to return the value back to the default 12 hours interval.
Do I need AWS Route 53?
If you are hosting services in AWS, using S3, CloudFront, or Elastic Load Balancer, you will find that Route 53’s DNS hosting is the preferable option, because of the way resource records work at the apex of a domain due to the design of DNS itself.
When do I need to change DNS / bind TTL settings?
There are two different default DNS/BIND TTL settings you need to switch when moving domains to a different IP address. One is the negative caching setting in the SOA record, and the other is the default ttl at the top of the file ($ttl).. If you have different TTL settings for your indidual record, you will need to set those as well.
What’s the maximum time you can use DNS TTL?
Recommendation: For most users, a maximum DNS TTL setting of 86400 (24 hours) is a good choice. For most users, a maximum DNS TTL setting of 86400 (24 hours) is a good choice.
How long does DNS TTL last on Ionos?
If your DNS TTL setting is 12 hours, your DNS records will be cached for 12 hours before they expire and the new information takes effect. TTL on IONOS domains is set for up to 1 hour for all A, AAA, MX, TXT, and CNAME records.
What does the time to live setting on DNS mean?
DNS TTL (time to live) is a setting that tells the DNS resolver how long to cache a query before requesting a new one. The information gathered is then stored in the cache of the recursive or local resolver for the TTL before it reaches back out to collect new, updated details.