{"id":1734,"date":"2020-06-08T01:31:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=1734"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:13:40","slug":"importing-and-exporting-dns-records","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/importing-and-exporting-dns-records","title":{"rendered":"Importing and exporting DNS records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">\n<h5 class=\"mkb-anchor__title\">Steps to importing and exporting DNS records<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>1. Log into the Cloudflare dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click the appropriate Cloudflare account corresponding to the domain.<\/p>\n<p>3. Ensure the proper domain is selected.<\/p>\n<p>4. Click the\u00a0<strong>DNS\u00a0<\/strong>app.<\/p>\n<p>5. At the bottom of list of\u00a0<strong>DNS Records,\u00a0<\/strong>click\u00a0<strong>Advanced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6. Next, select one of the following action:<\/p>\n<p>a. Click\u00a0<strong>Upload\u00a0<\/strong>to import a BIND-formatted file of DNS records.<\/p>\n<p>b. Click\u00a0<strong>Export<\/strong>\u00a0to download a BIND-formatted file of current records.<\/p>\n<p>7. Assure that imported DNS records are selected by Proxy to automatically\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.cloudflare.com\/hc\/articles\/200169626\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proxy applicable CNAME and A records to Cloudflare<\/a>\u00a0upon import.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For additional tips, tutorials, and updates, feel free to check out our blog at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/blog\/\">https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to importing and exporting DNS records 1. Log into the Cloudflare dashboard. 2. Click the appropriate Cloudflare account corresponding to the domain. 3. Ensure the proper domain is selected. 4. Click the\u00a0DNS\u00a0app. 5. At the bottom of list of\u00a0DNS Records,\u00a0click\u00a0Advanced. 6. Next, select one of the following action: a. Click\u00a0Upload\u00a0to import a BIND-formatted file of DNS records. b. Click\u00a0Export\u00a0to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[43],"kbtag":[1384],"class_list":["post-1734","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-cloudflare","kbtag-dns-records"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4721,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1734\/revisions\/4721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}