Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) DNS
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What is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) DNS
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) DNS is a managed authoritative DNS service within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure used to host and manage DNS zones and records. It targets organizations running applications on OCI that need programmatic DNS management, integration with cloud networking, and controlled access via IAM. The service supports public DNS zones and private DNS zones for VCNs, with automation through APIs, SDKs, and Terraform.
Integrated with OCI IAM
OCI DNS uses OCI Identity and Access Management for authentication and authorization. This enables fine-grained control over who can create zones, change records, and manage DNS resources across compartments. It also aligns DNS operations with broader OCI governance patterns such as policies and auditing.
Public and private DNS
The service supports both internet-facing DNS zones and private DNS zones scoped to OCI Virtual Cloud Networks (VCNs). This allows teams to manage internal service discovery and external DNS from a consistent control plane. It is useful for hybrid patterns where applications use private names internally and public names for customer access.
Automation via APIs and IaC
OCI DNS provides APIs and SDKs and is commonly managed through infrastructure-as-code workflows such as Terraform. This supports repeatable deployments, change tracking, and integration into CI/CD pipelines. It reduces manual record management for environments with frequent endpoint changes.
Best fit for OCI users
OCI DNS is most straightforward when the rest of the stack already runs on OCI. Organizations primarily hosted on other clouds may find fewer native integrations and less operational leverage from OCI-specific constructs like compartments and VCNs. Cross-cloud DNS management may require additional tooling and process.
Not a load balancer
Despite being adjacent to traffic management, OCI DNS itself does not provide L4/L7 load balancing functionality. Teams needing application load balancing, TLS termination, or advanced routing policies must use separate OCI networking services. This can increase the number of components to configure and monitor.
Feature depth varies by need
Some advanced DNS traffic steering and edge-focused capabilities are delivered through other OCI services rather than the core DNS service. Buyers comparing managed DNS providers may need to validate support for specific routing policies, health-check-driven behaviors, and reporting requirements. This can add evaluation effort for complex global traffic management use cases.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go Unit: 1,000,000 queries Unit price: Not published on the public OCI DNS pricing page (the page lists the unit but does not display a numeric price without selecting currency/region or signing in). Official pricing page shows the SKU and unit but no numeric value.
Free tier / free components (officially documented):
- Private DNS: available at no additional cost (Oracle announcement/documentation states Private DNS is provided at no additional cost).
- OCI recursive DNS resolver: documented as a free validating recursive DNS resolver (public IPs provided by Oracle).
Free Trial / Free Tier:
- Oracle Cloud Free Tier includes a 30-day free trial with US$300 in credits and Always Free services; Oracle Free Tier is available for signing up and can be used to try OCI services (Free Tier/trial is account-level rather than a DNS-specific time-limited trial).
Example costs: Not available on the public pricing pages without selecting currency/region or signing into account; no numeric per-1,000,000-query price was visible on the official pricing page HTML.
Notes & official constraints:
- OCI DNS pricing page includes the note: “OCI DNS requires a paid OCI account, either as a pay-as-you-go or Universal Credits contract.”
- Some DNS-related features (private DNS, recursive resolver, DNSSEC signing) are explicitly called out as free in Oracle documentation/blog posts.
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