A feature that provides users with detailed insights into domain activity, usage statistics, and billing, enabling improved decision-making and operational efficiency.
DigiCert® DNS provides a centralized interface for viewing activity logs, managing billing, and generating comprehensive reports on domain and usage data. Detailed insights help users make informed decisions, optimize performance, and maintain accurate billing records.
- Activity log retrieval and analysis: This function enables users to retrieve and analyze historical activity logs for auditing and troubleshooting.
- Billing and accounting management: This function provides users with tools to manage invoices, track costs, and ensure accurate billing.
- Comprehensive domain reporting: This function generates detailed reports on domain performance, configurations, and historical changes.
- Comprehensive usage statistics retrieval: This function allows users to access detailed usage statistics to track trends and optimize resource allocation.
This guide provides detailed instructions for activity log retrieval and analysis, focusing on a single targeted action: returning the user’s activity log.
Activity log retrieval and analysis are vital for efficient DNS management, enabling proactive threat detection, faster issue resolution, and detailed insights into DNS traffic. With DigiCert® DNS, users can monitor performance trends, make data-driven decisions, and optimize network capacity. Centralized management also simplifies compliance with security and regulatory standards by ensuring all access attempts and potential threats are tracked, investigated, and mitigated, strengthening both security and operational reliability.
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The current version of DigiCert® DNS does not include a dedicated front-end tab for viewing the user’s full activity log. However, a limited log is available through the procedure below. To access the complete activity log, use the following endpoint:
GET /activitylog
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
This guide provides detailed instructions for billing and accounting management, covering a series of targeted actions, including:
Billing and accounting management are key to maintaining cost control and financial predictability. Through DigiCert® DNS, users experience fewer billing errors, faster processing, and simplified compliance, contributing to smoother operations. Centralizing these processes improves visibility into service usage and billing transparency, helping organizations make informed decisions and deliver better customer service. These efficiencies reduce costs, enhance accuracy, and streamline financial workflows.
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The current version of DigiCert® DNS does not include a dedicated front-end tab for viewing all available accounting information. However, a high-level overview is provided in the graph referenced in the procedure below. To access the complete set of accounting data, use the following endpoint:
GET /accounting
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
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The current version of DigiCert® DNS does not include a dedicated front-end tab for viewing all available usage statistics. To access this information, use the following endpoint:
GET /accounting/usage
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
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The current version of DigiCert® DNS does not include a dedicated front-end tab for viewing the current usage quota. To access this information, use the following endpoint:
GET /accounting/quota
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
This guide provides detailed instructions for comprehensive domain reporting, covering a series of targeted actions, including:
Comprehensive domain reporting enables users to identify issues, mitigate risks, and streamline troubleshooting. With DigiCert® DNS, historical data analysis, customizable reports, and faster incident reporting improve responsiveness and decision-making. Centralized management simplifies audits, optimizes resource allocation, and supports performance evaluation, creating a more efficient and transparent DNS infrastructure.
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This procedure displays the API key count for the account.
To test this function, call this API endpoint: GET /reporting/api-keys
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The current version of DigiCert® DNS does not include a dedicated front-end tab for viewing all top domains. However, a limited set of top domain data can be accessed by following Path 1 or Path 2 below. To retrieve the full list, use the following endpoint:
GET /reporting/topdomains
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
- Sign in to your DigiCert® DNS account.
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From the landing page, go to the left sidebar and select DNS > Domains.
The Domains page displays the DNS Query Activity bar chart, which includes data for both managed and secondary domains.
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Enable the Top Domains toggle.
The chart displays the top 10 domains, with values calculated from the first day of the month through the current date.
This guide provides detailed instructions for comprehensive usage statistics retrieval, covering both targeted and comprehensive actions.
Targeted actions include:
Comprehensive actions include:
Access to detailed usage statistics is essential for optimizing DNS performance and resource planning. DigiCert® DNS provides insights into historical trends and growth patterns, allowing users to scale infrastructure proactively and allocate resources efficiently. Centralized management enhances visibility, strengthens cost control, and improves compliance and performance tracking, resulting in a more secure, effective, and cost-efficient DNS environment.
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This procedure displays the daily usage statistics for all domains. To access the same data via the back-end, use the following API endpoint:
GET /usage/stats/daily
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
- Sign in to your DigiCert® DNS account.
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From the landing page, go to the left sidebar and select DNS > Domains.
The Domains page displays the DNS Query Activity bar chart, which includes data for both managed and secondary domains.
- (Optional) Use the Line Chart option to change how the data is displayed.
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This procedure displays the daily usage statistics of a specific primary domain (domain1) created in an earlier procedure. To access the same data via the back-end, use the following API endpoint:
GET /usage/stats/primary/{domainId}/daily
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
- Sign in to your DigiCert® DNS account.
- From the landing page, go to the left sidebar and select DNS > Domains.
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Select the MANAGED DNS tab.
The table displays all the primary domains associated with the account.
- Select the name of the primary domain (for example, domain1) whose daily usage statistics you want to view.
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Select the RECORDS tab.
The domain1 page displays the DNS Query Activity bar chart, which includes data for both successful and failed DNS lookups.
- (Optional) Use the Line Chart option to change how the data is displayed.
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This procedure displays the daily usage statistics of a specific secondary domain (domain1) created in an earlier procedure. To access the same data via the back-end, use the following API endpoint:
GET /usage/stats/secondary/{domainId}/daily
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
- Sign in to your DigiCert® DNS account.
- From the landing page, go to the left sidebar and select DNS > Domains.
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Select the SECONDARY DNS tab.
The table displays all the secondary domains associated with the account.
- Select the name of the secondary domain (for example, domain1) whose daily usage statistics you want to view.
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Select the RECORDS tab.
The domain1 page displays the DNS Query Activity bar chart, which includes data for both successful and failed DNS lookups.
- (Optional) Use the Line Chart option to change how the data is displayed.
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This procedure displays the monthly usage statistics for all domains. To access the same data via the back-end, use the following API endpoint:
GET /usage/stats/monthly
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
- Sign in to your DigiCert® DNS account.
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From the landing page, go to the left sidebar and select DNS > Domains.
The Domains page displays the DNS Query Activity bar chart, which includes data for both managed and secondary domains.
- Select the Monthly option.
- (Optional) Use the Line Chart option to change how the data is displayed.
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This procedure displays the monthly usage statistics of a specific primary domain (domain1) created in an earlier procedure. To access the same data via the back-end, use the following API endpoint:
GET /usage/stats/primary/{domainId}/monthly
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
- Sign in to your DigiCert® DNS account.\
- From the landing page, go to the left sidebar and select DNS > Domains.
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Select the MANAGED DNS tab.
The table displays all the primary domains associated with the account.
- Select the name of the primary domain (for example, domain1) whose monthly usage statistics you want to view.
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Select the RECORDS tab.
The domain1 page displays the DNS Query Activity bar chart, which includes data for both successful and failed DNS lookups.
- Select the Monthly option.
- (Optional) Use the Line Chart option to change how the data is displayed.
Notice
This procedure displays the monthly usage statistics of a specific secondary domain (domain1) created in an earlier procedure. To access the same data via the back-end, use the following API endpoint:
GET /usage/stats/secondary/{domainId}/monthly
For help configuring your testing environment, refer to the API guide.
- Sign in to your DigiCert® DNS account.
- From the landing page, go to the left sidebar and select DNS > Domains.
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Select the SECONDARY DNS tab.
The table displays all the secondary domains associated with the account.
- Select the name of the secondary domain (for example, domain1) whose monthly usage statistics you want to view.
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Select the RECORDS tab.
The domain1 page displays the DNS Query Activity bar chart, which includes data for both successful and failed DNS lookups.
- Select the Monthly option.
- (Optional) Use the Line Chart option to change how the data is displayed.