{"id":18394,"date":"2026-09-29T23:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/cloud-server-reverse-dns\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:17:30","password":"","slug":"cloud-server-reverse-dns","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/cloud-server-reverse-dns\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Reverse DNS (PTR) for Your Cloud Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hy-tldr\" style=\"background:#f6f7fb;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 20px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> To set reverse DNS (a PTR record) for your cloud server: log in to the client area, go to Services, then My Services, and choose your server. Under Server Quick Actions click Networking, then Confirm. Click the pencil icon (Edit Reverse DNS), enter the hostname and click Confirm. To return to the default, click Reset Reverse DNS.<\/div>\n<h2>What is reverse DNS?<\/h2>\n<p>A normal DNS lookup finds the IP address of a domain name. Reverse DNS (rDNS) does the opposite: it finds the hostname linked to an IP address, using a PTR record. Mail servers use it to check senders, so a correct reverse DNS helps your server&#8217;s emails avoid spam folders. It is also used to identify servers in logs and network tools.<\/p>\n<h2>Set reverse DNS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Log in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyatdomain.com\/clientarea.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">client area<\/a> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/explain-how-to-enter-the-client-area\/\">how to log in to the client area<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2017\/04\/login-hyyat.png\" alt=\"Client area login\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Click <strong>Services<\/strong>, then <strong>My Services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/reboot-server-cloud.png\" alt=\"My Services\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Choose the server you want to manage and click <strong>Active<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/reboot-server-cloud1.png\" alt=\"Choose the server\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Scroll down to <strong>Server Quick Actions<\/strong> and click <strong>Networking<\/strong>. A message asks &#8220;Are you sure you wanted to view IP Address?&#8221;; click <strong>Confirm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS.png\" alt=\"Networking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS1.png\" alt=\"Confirm\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will see the IP address, the blocked status and the current reverse DNS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Click the pencil icon or <strong>Edit Reverse DNS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS2.png\" alt=\"Edit Reverse DNS\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the reverse DNS hostname (for example mail.yourdomain.com) and click <strong>Confirm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS3.png\" alt=\"Enter reverse DNS\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A message at the top confirms the change.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS4.png\" alt=\"Reverse DNS updated\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> To return to the default setting, click <strong>Reset Reverse DNS<\/strong>, then <strong>Confirm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS5.png\" alt=\"Reset Reverse DNS\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS6.png\" alt=\"Confirm reset\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2021\/03\/Reverse-DNS7.png\" alt=\"Reverse DNS reset\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> the hostname you set should also have an A record pointing back to the same IP address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hy-svc-link\" style=\"background:#fff5f7;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:20px 0;line-height:1.8\"><strong>Related service:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/vps-hosting\/\">Hyyat Host servers<\/a> with full control and 24\/7 support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: To set reverse DNS (a PTR record) for your cloud server: log in to the client area, go to Services, then My Services, and choose your server. Under Server Quick Actions click Networking, then Confirm. Click the pencil icon (Edit Reverse DNS), enter the hostname and click Confirm. To return to the default, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2742],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18394","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-explanations-of-use"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":264,"total_views":"5","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ahmed fathy","author_nicename":"ahmed-fathy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/author\/ahmed-fathy\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Explanations of use","term_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/kb\/explanations-of-use\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=18394"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=18394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}