Nameserver options

Refer to the sections below to learn about different nameserver options.

​​ Multi-provider DNS

Multi-provider DNS is an optional setting for zones using full setup and is an enforced default behaviour for zones using secondary setup.

When you enable multi-provider DNS on a primary (full setup) zone:

• Cloudflare will no longer ignore NS records created on the zone apex, as in the example below.

  Type	Name	Nameserver
  NS	@	ns1.external.com

  This means that responses to DNS queries made to the zone apex and requesting NS records will contain both Cloudflare’s and your other DNS providers’ nameservers.

• Cloudflare will activate a primary (full setup) zone even if its nameservers listed at the registrar include nameservers from other DNS providers.