DNS settings

[YurkshireLad]

When Cloudron installs a new application, does it modify DNS settings? Is that why you select the target platform, like Digital Ocean etc.?

[jdaviescoates]

@YurkshireLad yes

"Cloudron integrates with various DNS service APIs to automate DNS setup."

https://cloudron.io/documentation/domains/

[YurkshireLad]

Thanks. I went back and re-read the docs and noticed that you specify the DNS service, not the hosting/platform service.

[jdaviescoates]

@YurkshireLad well, there is a tag for the host when installing too, but it's not currently used for anything AFAIK

[nebulon]

Correct, those "providers" are two different ones conceptually. One is where the server is hosted. This allows us to apply some VPS provider specific quirks, if required.

The DNS/Domains provider is the one where the domain is registered or at least the nameservers for that domain. This may or may not be the same company as the VPS provider, but they have otherwise nothing in common.