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John_K_01_16461's avatar
John_K_01_16461
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Nov 10, 2016

How to integrate GTM with a third party managed DNS service

I am looking into setting up GTM, but I haven't found a clear answer on how it would work with a third party managed DNS service. Currently we are using a managed service company and don't want to b...
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Vijay_E's avatar
Vijay_E
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Nov 10, 2016

The setup.

Create A-Records for the 2 GTM using their Listener IP addresses:

gtm1.wip.domain.com. IN A 100.100.100.100
gtm2.wip.domain.com. IN A 200.200.200.200

Delegate the sub-domain to the GTM using NS Records:

wip.domain.com. IN NS gtm1.wip.domain.com.
wip.domain.com. IN NS gtm2.wip.domain.com.

Use CNAME records:

www.domain.com. IN CNAME www.wip.domain.com.

The above DNS records (A, NS & CNAME) will be added to the 3rd party DNS records that is already set up for

SOL277 - Sub-domain delegation.