Quick Start Guide

The main goal of FRED is to administer authoritative information on domains, domain ownership and owners which is then distributed via the DNS (zone file) as well as served in response to public queries (whois, rdap etc.). To accomplish this, the system allows to input the relevant information into its database through the registration process and comprises the means to administrate existing data.

This document is intended for broader audience intending to make first steps in learning about running a domain registry using FRED.

For full overview of FRED capabilities please refer to Features and Concepts

Target audience

System administrators, developers, testers

Purpose

General knowledge of base concepts required to operate the registry software.

Terms & definitions

Terms and definitions can be found in the glossary.

• Core registry concepts
• Basics of registry operations
• Registry infrastructure basics
• Next steps