Edge DNS is an authoritative DNS service. It provides a secure, high-performance, scalable, and highly available edge service for authoritative DNS. Edge DNS uses ​Akamai​'s global deployment of thousands of name servers across multiple networks, uses IP Anycast, and relies on a proprietary implementation of the DNS protocol as a common component of the ​Akamai​ Intelligent Platform.

Edge DNS complements existing web infrastructures, whether deployed in a private data center or public cloud, connecting users with their desired destination.

Edge DNS features include:

• A proprietary implementation of the DNS protocol that uses ​Akamai​'s worldwide DNS infrastructure.
• Support for primary and secondary zones.
• DNSSEC, when Edge DNS is purchased with the Security option feature.
• Zone apex mapping, which reduces DNS lookup times for websites on the Intelligent Platform.
• Alias zones, which base themselves on another Edge DNS zone's resource records.
• Support for vanity name servers, which can point at Edge DNS Anycast IPs. IP Anycast provides a decentralized DNS service to end users. With IP Anycast, you can create a logical name server that comprises multiple physical name servers deployed across multiple networks and continents.
• APIs for programmatic access to reporting data and zone management.
• Log delivery services to access transaction logs.
• Compliance with RFCs 1034 and 1035.

The roles most commonly responsible for managing Edge DNS are site administrators, project managers, and technical support providers.

Get started

• Architecture
• Features

Set up Edge DNS

• Configure primary zones
• Configure secondary zones

Additional configuration options

• Enable cross-account subzone delegation
• Enable DNSSEC
• Configure alias zones

Manage

• Manage active zones
• Multiprovider DNS support
• Deprovision

Test and go live

• Verify zone information
• Go live

Monitor and report

• Monitor and protect zones
• Take down fraudulent domains
• Monitor and report on service, traffic, and threats
• Monitor and report on events
• Monitor performance with alerts
• Enable log delivery

Troubleshoot

• Troubleshoot zone transfer status issues
• Troubleshoot provisioning and active services

Developer tools

• Edge DNS Zone Management API
• Akamai Reporting API
• ​Akamai​ CLI for Edge DNS
• ​Akamai​ Terraform Provider for Edge DNS

Check out "recipes"

A recipe walks you through an individual API operation using easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. Each recipe includes detailed code examples, using multiple, popular programming languages.

What's new

• Release notes