What should be my "Record Name" and Responds with" if I add a TXT record for my newly added domain from other registrar?

Question

I just added my domain to my Lightsail instance and I was prompted to enter the "Record Name" and Responds with" when I try add a TXT record. What should I put in those fields? I already read the documentation here: https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/lightsail-how-to-create-dns-entry#lightail-change-the-name-servers and still to no avail. Thank you for any help.

GK
a year ago
sorry can you provide me your question in detail
Vin
a year ago
Hi GK, I don't know what to put in "Record Name" and "Responds with" when I try to add my TXT record.

Accepted Answer

Hi Vin,

With Amazon Lightsail, it will match closely to the instructions you have from hostinger.com.

For the `Record Type` - This would be TXT
For `Record Name` - Include the @ symbol (this tells DNS to put the record in the apex or origin of the DNS zone
For `Responds With` - This would be the value you have from your registrar for domain verification

Hope this helps!

Answer

Hi Vin,

For those records, the `record name` would be your subdomain, but the `responds with` is the TXT record that the registrar is most likely querying to verify domain ownership.   Your domain registrar hopefully has some documentation on what that would be.  If not, please let us know so we can look into this deeper.

Hope this helps!

What should be my "Record Name" and Responds with" if I add a TXT record for my newly added domain from other registrar?

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