obsidian-vault/200 projects/220 Web Host Migration/audasmedia.com.au — DNS Baseline.md

created, modified, type, client, project, status, priority, tags, aliases, id

created	modified	type	client	project	status	priority	tags	aliases	id
2026-08-31	2026-08-31	reference	sam	web-host-migration	active	1	dns cloudflare audasmedia email	audasmedia-dns-baseline	1848129025-DNS

audasmedia.com.au — DNS Baseline (pre-Cloudflare migration)

Captured 2026-08-31. Must be preserved when moving DNS to Cloudflare. Registrar: CrazyDomains (now Squarespace). Current NS: InMotion (ns1/ns2.inmotionhosting.com). Website currently hosted on InMotion VPS (173.231.229.92).

Current records (authoritative)

Type	Name	Value	Purpose
A	@	173.231.229.92	Website → InMotion VPS (keep as-is for now)
A	cpanel	173.231.229.92	cPanel access
A	webmail	173.231.229.92	InMotion webmail
A	ftp	173.231.229.92	FTP
CNAME	www	@ (alias to apex)	www redirect
CNAME	mail	@	mail alias → apex
MX	@	0 audasmedia.com.au	Self-MX (broken) — replace with Zoho's MX
TXT	@	v=spf1 ip4:173.231.229.92 +mx +a +ip4:66.117.5.136 ~all	Old SPF (InMotion IPs) — update to include Zoho + SES
NS	@	ns1/ns2.inmotionhosting.com	Replace with Cloudflare's 2 NS at registrar

Notes

• No AAAA. No existing DKIM/DMARC (fresh).
• autodiscover NXDOMAIN (no record — fine; Zoho doesn't need it).
• After Cloudflare migration: A records stay identical (site remains on InMotion VPS until CMS migration); only MX/SPF/TXT/DKIM/DMARC change for email.

Email target (Phase 2)

• Inbound: Zoho Mail free tier — FAILED (SMS OTP never arrives after 1h; Zoho is SMS-only verification). Abandoned. Fallback: MXroute (~US$30-45/yr flat, unlimited domains).
• Outbound: Amazon SES — identity created ✅ (domain audasmedia.com.au, region ap-southeast-2)
• MX → (provider TBD: MXroute), SPF → include provider + SES, DKIM → SES (3 CNAMEs below) + provider, DMARC → new

SES records to add (from console, 2026-08-31)

These go into Cloudflare once NS switch propagates (still InMotion now).

DKIM (3 CNAMEs)

Type	Name	Value
CNAME	3hcitiezqbwlyyrqhvuovye47ybnbheq._domainkey.audasmedia.com.au	3hcitiezqbwlyyrqhvuovye47ybnbheq.dkim.amazonses.com
CNAME	lswlbc3gsmshm4b22bpyfn5k2evdgrdh._domainkey.audasmedia.com.au	lswlbc3gsmshm4b22bpyfn5k2evdgrdh.dkim.amazonses.com
CNAME	ac5j6wxukvq6b5dacrp5xgzkdsovmm2e._domainkey.audasmedia.com.au	ac5j6wxukvq6b5dacrp5xgzkdsovmm2e.dkim.amazonses.com

MAIL FROM (optional — recommend SKIP for now, low volume)

Type	Name	Value
MX	audasmedia.com.au.audasmedia.com.au	10 feedback-smtp.ap-southeast-2.amazonses.com
TXT	audasmedia.com.au.audasmedia.com.au	"v=spf1 include:amazonses.com ~all"

DMARC

Type	Name	Value
TXT	_dmarc.audasmedia.com.au	"v=DMARC1; p=none;"

DNS state (2026-08-31)

• audasmedia.com.au NS = still InMotion (ns1/ns2.inmotionhosting.com). Cloudflare account+domain created but registrar NS switch not yet propagated. Records above wait for Cloudflare to be authoritative.

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Part of Migration Plan — InMotion to Local + AWS Offsite Phase 2. Track in Migration Work Log.