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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS
Plans and prices
OCI DNS
Priced on request
1000 zones per account · 25,000 records per zone · 1 MB per zone file
Read 12 Oct 2026 · oracle.com
On the record
- Access methods
- OCI DNS is accessible through the browser-based Console, REST API, and OCI CLI; Oracle also lists SDKs for OCI.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Account requirement
- OCI DNS requires a paid OCI account under a pay-as-you-go or Universal Credits contract.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- DNSSEC
- DNSSEC provides cryptographic authentication of lookup responses on public zones, but it does not encrypt DNS responses and is not supported on private zones.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Identity and access
- OCI DNS uses Oracle Cloud Infrastructure IAM for authentication and authorization across the Console, SDK or CLI, and REST API.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Oracle documents using OCI DNS zones with Kubernetes ExternalDNS to manage DNS across multiple environments.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Load balancing and failover
- Steering policies can distribute traffic using equal or custom weights and direct queries to secondary answers when a primary answer is unhealthy.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Primary and secondary DNS
- OCI DNS supports primary authoritative zones and secondary zones for redundancy.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Public and private DNS
- The service supports publicly reachable zones and private hostname resolution for applications within and between virtual cloud networks.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Service limits
- OCI DNS is limited to 1000 zones per account, 25,000 records per zone, and zone file uploads of 1 MB; public DNS zones are supported only in the OC1 commercial realm.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Support and metrics
- Oracle documents DNS metrics for query counts and zone transfers, and directs customers exceeding zone or record limits to Oracle Support.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Traffic Management limit
- Traffic Management is limited to 100 policies and 1,000 attachments per tenant and is available for public DNS, not private DNS.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Traffic steering
- Traffic Management can steer public DNS queries by endpoint health, geographic location, ASN, or originating IP prefix.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- What it does
- OCI DNS manages DNS zones and records and handles domain queries through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s edge network.docs.oracle.com · read 12 Oct 2026
