After setting up the domain for a project, you can set up email services for the project. The email forwarding service allows you to enable email services and add recipient emails.
To use this feature, you must have a Primary Domain set up for the project.
Currently, you can only set up email forwarding for the Primary Domain.
To enable email forwarding, follow these steps:
1.Go to the domains list and click the icon from the primary domain and select Email Forwarding.
2.The flyer message is displayed with status Ok message. Click Enable to enable the Email Forwarding.
3.A pop confirmation message appears. Click OK to proceed with email forwarding.
4.A flyer message appears informing that the email forwarding is successfully enabled.
You can add the email recipients after enabling the email forwarding service. Adding email recipients allows the users to use project domain specific email service. Using domain specific email service will help to have more secured email exchanges among the users associated with the project.
To add email recipients, perform the following:
1.After enabling the email forwarding service, the Email Forwarding page appears. Click + Add Forward.
2.The Add Email Forwarding dialog box appears. Enter the Alias name. Click Add Recipient and enter the email ID and click Add.
As an administrator, you can transfer the domains that are owned outside your project. You can transfer such domains to your projects.
To transfer a domain, follow these steps:
Click + Add Domain.
Enter the domain name that you want to transfer to your project, and click Check Availability.
Once done, it will show that the domain has been taken. Select Yes; transfer Domain to proceed.
On the Next page, you will be asked if you want to delegate the DNS to the Linux Foundation or keep it at source.
You can import the DNS Zone file or skip it if you do not have it. Click Save and Continue.
The Domain will be listed in your project with the status Transfer Code Needed.
You can redirect a domain from one domain to another. Redirects are a way to forward visitors and search engines to a different URL than the one they requested. You can use redirects when you’re moving content around and you want the content to retain its value.
To redirect a domain from one domain to another domain, perform the following:
Go to the Domains page for the required project. The domain page appears with the list of domains registered with the project.
Click icon and select Manage Records.
3.Click +Add Redirect from the Manage Records page.
4.The Add Redirect dialog box appears. Enter the redirect domain under To box and click Add.
5.The redirected domain is listed under Redirects list.
A domain name provides a unique identity for your project. You can set up a unique domain name that will allow you administrative autonomy and control within the internet world.
To set a domain for the project, follow these steps:
On the Left navigation pane, search for the required project.
The Project dashboard appears; click the Operations > Domains tab.
Click + Add Domain to add a domain for your project on the Domains page.
On the Add Domain dialog box, enter the Domain Name and click the Check Availability button.
The domain will be searched and checked against the following points:
The domain is already owned by the project being set up.
The domain is already owned by another project (whose name is unknown).
The domain is already owned by another known project.
You will see a green check mark if the domain name is available. Click Register Domain to register it.
If another project takes the domain, you can bid for it.
Set up the primary domain for your project before configuring other IT services like mailing lists, wikis, issue tracking, and email forwarding.
You can set up a primary domain for a project using any available and registered domains. A primary domain represents your company or project's main address. It is also linked to your web hosting.
To set up a primary domain for a project, follow these steps:
Go to the Domains page for the required project. The domain page appears with the list of domains registered with the project.
Place the cursor in the Search Domain box, select the required domain, and click the Set As Primary Domain button.
The domain will be selected and listed as a Primary Domain.
By default, when a domain is added to your project, the domain is set to auto-renew. The administrator can disable the auto-renew.
To disable the auto-renew of the domain, follow these:
Click the overflow menu icon, and select Disable auto-renew.
The Disable auto-renew dialog box appears. Click Yes to cancel the auto-renewal of the domain.
Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical and decentralized naming system used to identify computers, services, and other resources reachable through the Internet or other Internet protocol networks. DNS converts human-readable domain names to machine-readable IP addresses.
DNS Delegation is nothing but providing rights from one resource to another. Delegations allow the servers in one zone to refer clients to servers in other zones.
The administrator can delegate the DNS to the managed DNS.
To delegate the DNS through PCC, follow these steps:
Go to the Domains list, click the overflow menu,
On the pop-up, click Delegate DNS (no managed DNS).
On the Delegate DNS server pop-up box, enter the required Name Servers, select the "I Understand" statement, and click on Delegate.
You can provide the details of the six name servers.
A notification appears informing that the DNS delegation is successful and under DNS Hosting, the managed status changes to Delegated.
An administrator can stop the delegation of the DNS by clicking the overflow menu and selecting "Stop Delegating DNS" (using Managed DNS). A confirmation message will appear, and the click "Yes."
Provide the transfer code to complete the domain transfer. To provide the transfer code, click icon, select Continue Transfer and enter the transfer code that you will receive from the registrar of your domain. Select My Domain is unlocked and My DNS Service is not hosted and click Begin Transfer.
If you want to update the redirect domain, click the edit icon.
If you want to delete the redirect domain, click the delete icon.
To change the primary domain for the project, please raise a ticket.
A flyer message appears informing that the auto-renewal of the domain is disabled. You can also see icon under the Auto-Renew column.
You can add service records such as Pantheon, Netlify, and GitHub pages for your domain.
To setup a service record, perform the following steps:
1.Go to the Domains page for the required project. The domain page appears with the list of domains registered with the project.
2.Click icon and select Manage Records.
3.Click +Add Service Record from the Manage Records page.
3.The Add Service Record dialog box appears. Click Services, select the required Service from the list and click Add.
4.The service records are listed under Existing Service Records list.
