Alibaba Cloud Domain Name Service (DNS)
Alibaba Cloud Domain Name Service (DNS) is a highly scalable, reliable, and secure managed cloud service provided by Alibaba Cloud. It translates human-readable domain names into IP addresses, ensuring applications and services hosted on Alibaba Cloud (and elsewhere) are discoverable and…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2012
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Alibaba Cloud DNS was created to abstract away the complexities, scalability challenges, and security vulnerabilities associated with self-hosting and manually managing DNS infrastructure for internet-facing applications. It provides a robust, globally distributed, and highly available system to ensure reliable domain resolution, critical for dynamic cloud environments and large-scale web services, freeing businesses from the operational burden of maintaining their own authoritative name servers.
- Platforms
- Alibaba Cloud Platform
Related technologies
Notable users
- Global enterprises with a presence on Alibaba Cloud for their regional or global operations
- Alibaba Group (for its e-commerce, logistics, and financial platforms like Taobao, Tmall, Alipay)
- Companies operating in China and Asia using Alibaba Cloud
- Startups and SMBs hosted on Alibaba Cloud