NorthDNS guides
Step-by-step guides for DNS, DNSSEC, the HTTPS proxy, tunnels, email on your domain and the API.
Getting started
Getting started with NorthDNSCreate an account, add your domain and delegate it to the NorthDNS nameservers in a few minutes.
European DNS: where the NorthDNS infrastructure runsNorthDNS is a European DNS provider: nameservers, HTTPS edge, email and control panel on servers in Italy and the Netherlands, operated from Italy.
A European alternative to Cloudflare DNS and Cloudflare TunnelWhat NorthDNS offers compared with Cloudflare for DNS, proxy, tunnels and email, the differences to know and how to migrate your zone.
European alternatives for DNS, reverse proxy, tunnels and emailReplace non-EU services such as Cloudflare DNS, Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok and Google or Microsoft domain email with a single European provider: NorthDNS.
DNS
Delegating a domain to the NorthDNS nameserversHow to set ns1.northdns.it and ns2.northdns.it at your registrar, how long propagation takes and how to verify it.
Managing DNS recordsSupported record types (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV, CAA, NS, PTR), names, TTL, wildcards, import, export and history.
Enabling DNSSECHow to enable DNSSEC on NorthDNS, publish the DS record at your registrar and disable it safely before changing provider.
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) for changing IPsUpdate an A or AAAA record automatically when your home or office IP changes, with routers, NAS devices, ddclient or curl using the dyndns2 protocol.
Proxy and tunnels
HTTPS proxy, cache and protectionTurn on the NorthDNS proxy for your website records: automatic HTTPS certificates, caching, WAF, rate limiting and under-attack mode.
Proxy rulesBlock, redirect or route proxied traffic by hostname, path, method, IP, country, continent, ASN and headers.
Tunnels: publish a local service without opening portsExpose an HTTP service from your computer or local network on an HTTPS subdomain, without port forwarding or a public IP: an alternative to ngrok and Cloudflare Tunnel.
Email with your own domain: mailboxes, webmail and setupCreate custom email addresses on your own domain: MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC in one click, webmail, IMAP and SMTP for phones and mail clients.
Importing mail from your old providerCopy folders, messages and Sieve filters from your old IMAP server to a NorthDNS mailbox, without duplicates.
Email deliverability: SPF, DKIM and DMARCWhy email lands in spam or is rejected by Gmail, and how SPF, DKIM and DMARC on NorthDNS improve delivery.