Changing DNS provider and email with minimal downtime.

[salmonetc]

I am currently using domain.com name servers with a domain registered at networksolutions.

I was having issues with shared hosting and finally got the client to buy a VPS and install cloudron for ease of servicing.

However, I started the install with wildcards and now wish to add cloudflare and use the server for emails incoming at outgoing with minimal downtime.

I started trying to "add" the domain. However, I get the following error: Zone not found: 200 {"result":[],"result_info":{"page":1,"per_page":20,"total_pages":0,"count":0,"total_count":0},"success":true,"errors":[],"messages":[]}

I'm wondering if I add all my DNS records to cloudflare and then change the NS records at networksolutions. What issues am I missing that may cause downtime and what is the error above trying to tell me?

[nebulon]

Yes, to avoid downtime, just create all DNS records manually within the new nameservers (Cloudflare) and once those are synced to all their nameservers, you should be able to switch over the nameservers for the domain to Cloudflare. Since you have records on old and new nameservers, there shouldn't be any downtime. All this is independent from Cloudron at this point. Afterwards you should be able to reconfigure the domain in Cloudron to Cloudflare.

[girish]

@salmonetc said in Changing DNS provider and email with minimal downtime.:

I started trying to "add" the domain. However, I get the following error: Zone not found: 200 {"result":[],"result_info":{"page":1,"per_page":20,"total_pages":0,"count":0,"total_count":0},"success":true,"errors":[],"messages":[]}

Have you added domain.com into cloudflare ? When you create a token also make sure that you add the domain in the Zone Resources list. See https://docs.cloudron.io/domains/#cloudflare-dns