"Añade este registro TXT a tu DNS." Lo pide Google para verificar el dominio, lo pide el proveedor de correo, lo pide el certificado. Y cada vez, la misma escena: entrar en Route 53, encontrar la zona, pulsar "crear registro", decidir entre A, AAAA, CNAME, TXT, MX, acertar con el formato de las comillas, el TTL, el enrutamiento… con el miedo de fondo de que un error deje la web o el correo fuera de servicio.
En Simplio cada dominio es una tarjeta con sus registros en una lista clara: el nombre, el tipo, a dónde apunta. Añadir el registro que te pide Google, cambiar la IP de la web o quitar uno viejo es una sola línea, con ayuda según el tipo. Los registros que hacen funcionar el dominio (los NS y SOA) no se tocan. Quitar un registro pide el código del móvil, y sustituir uno o tocar la raíz pide confirmación.
How it works
You open the domain
Its records in a list: name, type and value, with a short explanation of what each type does.
You add, change or remove a line
You choose the type and Simplio explains what to put (for a Google TXT, for a CNAME, for the email MX records). Values are validated before saving.
Simplio protects what must not be touched
The NS and SOA records, which make the domain work, can't be edited or deleted from Simplio. Removing a record asks for two-factor; replacing one or touching the domain root, confirmation.
You see who holds each domain, whether it renews itself and when it expires
Each card says whether the domain is registered at AWS or outside AWS (with the registrar's name, looked up in the public RDAP directory), whether auto-renewal is on or off, in green or red, and the expiry date. In the list view they are sortable columns: at a glance you know which ones won't renew themselves. For AWS domains, auto-renewal is switched on or off from the card's menu; switching it off asks for two-factor.
.esdomains registered outside AWS don't publish that data.
How secure it is
The domain can't be broken
Structural records are protected, and dangerous changes ask for confirmation or a phone code.
Separate permission
Domains is an action of its own, granted per person and per account. The website technician can touch the A and CNAME records without seeing anything else.
Everything is logged
Every record added, changed or removed, with who, when and from which IP. If email stopped arriving on Tuesday, you know what changed on Monday.
The same task, in AWS and in Simplio
| On your own in AWS | In Simplio | |
|---|---|---|
| Add the TXT that Google asks for | Route 53 → zones → zone → create record → type TXT → value in quotes → TTL → create | One line, with help for the TXT type |
| Change the website's IP | Find the A record, edit, save | Change the value on the line |
| Don't break anything | Care and experience | NS and SOA protected, confirmations, two-factor to remove |
Frequently asked questions
Does it work with domains that aren't in Route 53?
Simplio manages Route 53 DNS zones. If your domain is with another provider, you can delegate its DNS to Route 53 and manage it from here.
Can I register or renew domains?
You can check whether a domain is available and buy it with your AWS account from the "New domain" button, and switch its auto-renewal on or off from the card. The renewal itself is done by AWS on the date, with the account's payment method.
How do I know whether a domain bought outside AWS is going to expire?
Simplio looks it up in the public RDAP directory and shows the registrar and the expiry date on the card and in the list. Changing its renewal has to be done at that registrar. .es domains don't publish that data via RDAP, so they appear as "outside AWS" with no date.