Publish your domain names by using Google's infrastructure for
production-quality, high-volume DNS services. Google's global network of anycast
name servers provides reliable, low-latency, authoritative name lookups for your
domains from anywhere in the world.
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Google's global network of anycast\nname servers provides reliable, low-latency, authoritative name lookups for your\ndomains from anywhere in the world.\n[Learn more](/dns/docs/overview)\n[Get started for free](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial) \n\n#### Start your proof of concept with $300 in free credit\n\n- Get access to Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking\n- Free monthly usage of popular products, including AI APIs and BigQuery\n- No automatic charges, no commitment \n[View free product offers](/free/docs/free-cloud-features#free-tier) \n\n#### Keep exploring with 20+ always-free products\n\n\nAccess 20+ free products for common use cases, including AI APIs, VMs, data warehouses,\nand more.\n\nDocumentation resources\n-----------------------\n\nFind quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues. \nformat_list_numbered\n\n### Guides\n\n-\n\n [Quickstart: Set up DNS records for a domain name with Cloud DNS](/dns/docs/set-up-dns-records-domain-name)\n\n-\n\n [Create, modify, and delete zones](/dns/docs/zones)\n\n-\n\n [Manage records](/dns/docs/records)\n\n-\n\n [Apply server policies](/dns/docs/policies)\n\n-\n\n [Manage DNSSEC](/dns/docs/dnssec-config)\n\nemoji_objects\n\n### Concepts\n\n-\n\n [Cloud DNS overview](/dns/docs/overview)\n\n-\n\n [Best practices](/dns/docs/best-practices)\n\n-\n\n [DNSSEC overview](/dns/docs/dnssec)\n\n-\n\n [CNAME chasing](/dns/docs/cnamechasing)\n\n-\n\n [VPC name resolution order](/dns/docs/vpc-name-res-order)\n\ngroup_work\n\n### Reference and resources\n\n-\n\n [API and gcloud command-line tool](/dns/docs/apis)\n\n-\n\n [Pricing](/dns/pricing)\n\n-\n\n [Quotas and limits](/dns/quotas)\n\n-\n\n [Release notes](/dns/docs/release-notes)\n\n-\n\n [Troubleshooting](/dns/docs/troubleshooting)\n\nRelated resources\n-----------------\n\nTraining and tutorials \nUse cases \nExplore self-paced training, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services. Training \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Networking in Google Cloud\n\n\nThis two-day instructor-led class gives participants broad study of networking options on Google Cloud. Through a combination of presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy Google Cloud networking technologies, such as Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks, subnets, firewalls; interconnection among networks; load balancing; Cloud DNS; Cloud CDN; Cloud NAT. The course will also cover common network design patterns and automated deployment using Deployment Manager or Terraform.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/courses/1419) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process\n\n\nTwo-day instructor-led class equips students to build highly reliable and efficient solutions on Google Cloud using proven design patterns. It is a continuation of the Architecting with Google Compute Engine or Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine course and assumes hands-on experience with the technologies covered in either of those courses.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/courses/1395) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Best practices and reference architectures for VPC design\n\n\nIntroduces best practices and typical enterprise architectures for the design of virtual private clouds (VPCs) with Google Cloud.\n\nVPC Design\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/solutions/best-practices-vpc-design)\n\nRelated videos\n--------------\n\n### Try Cloud DNS for yourself\n\nCreate an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. \nNew customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads. \n[Try Cloud DNS free](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial)"]]
