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 — mailbox sam@audasmedia.com.au
• Outbound: Amazon SES (already have AWS account)
• MX → Zoho, SPF → Zoho + SES, DKIM → Zoho + SES, DMARC → new

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