How to configure the reverse DNS of a flexible IP on Elastic Metal servers
Reverse DNS (rDNS) is the opposite of classic forward DNS, mapping an IP address to a hostname. This is particularly useful for tasks such as sending emails from your Elastic Metal server.
Before you start
To complete the actions presented below, you must have:
- A Scaleway account logged into the console
- Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
- An SSH key
- An installed Elastic Metal server
- A flexible IP address attached to your Elastic Metal server
- Click Elastic Metal in the Bare Metal section of the Scaleway console side menu. The Elastic Metal dashboard displays.
- Click the Flexible IPs tab to display the list of your failover IPs for Elastic Metal servers.
- Click More (more icon) next to the flexible IP you want to configure. The configuration menu for the flexible IP displays.
- Click More info to see detailed information about the IP address.
- Scroll down to the Reverse section and click Add reverse to add or edit the reverse DNS of the failover IP.
- Enter the new reverse DNS and click Edit reverse to validate the changes.
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