Get Started/Dashboard
v3.5.44
Get Started

Dashboard

The NexoralDNS web interface is the central control hub for records, blocking, rewrites, logs, and settings.

Accessing the dashboard

Default URLhttp://localhost:4000
Usernameadmin
Passwordadmin
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Change your password immediately
The default credentials are admin / admin. You must change the password right after first login — go to Settings → Change Password.

Main sections

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Overview

Real-time snapshot — total queries, blocked queries, cache hit rate, active clients, and CPU/memory status.

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DNS Records

Manage A, AAAA, CNAME and TXT records mapping hostnames to addresses or aliases.

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Rewrites

Domain rerouting rules — source domain, target domain, and client-specific overrides.

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Blocking

Exact-match, wildcard, public block lists, and allow lists that are never blocked.

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Query Logs

Every query with timestamp, client IP, domain, type, status (NOERROR/NXDOMAIN/BLOCKED) and response time.

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Settings

Global server settings — upstream DNS, cache TTL, rate limiting and user management.

Record types

A RecordsMap hostname to an IPv4 address
AAAA RecordsMap hostname to an IPv6 address
CNAME RecordsMap hostname to another hostname (alias)

Additional features

Fully responsive — works on phone and tablet
Dark mode toggle via the sun/moon icon in the top-right corner
Next steps