Supported provider
Vultr DNS, in the same place as everything else.
Does DNSMentor support Vultr?
Yes. DNSMentor manages Vultr DNS through its API, showing its zones alongside the other 25 supported providers in a single estate view. Every Vultr change goes through the same 56 pre-flight checks, approval policy, independent verification and tamper-evident audit trail as every other provider.
Connecting Vultr
- Create the credential in Vultr Vultr Customer Portal → Account → API (https://my.vultr.com/settings/#settingsapi). The key is account-wide and cannot be limited to DNS or to particular domains — it can create servers and incur charges — so treat it as a full-account credential. On the same page, restrict 'Access Control' to DNSMentor's egress addresses: it is the only way to narrow what this key can be used from. Regenerating the key breaks every other integration using it.
- Add the connection in DNSMentor Go to Admin → Providers & API keys, choose Vultr, and paste the credential. DNSMentor stores it encrypted and strips it from every log and export.
- Sync the estate DNSMentor discovers every zone the Vultr account holds and imports every record in them. This is a read operation — nothing is written to any zone.
- Group by client and start working Assign the imported domains to client portfolios, and the estate view, health scoring, checks and audit trail apply from that point on.
What Vultr asks you for
The exact fields DNSMentor needs, and where in Vultr to create them. Every secret is encrypted at rest and stripped by name from logs, exports and the audit trail.
API Key secret Vultr Customer Portal → Account → API (https://my.vultr.com/settings/#settingsapi). The key is account-wide and cannot be limited to DNS or to particular domains — it can create servers and incur charges — so treat it as a full-account credential. On the same page, restrict 'Access Control' to DNSMentor's egress addresses: it is the only way to narrow what this key can be used from. Regenerating the key breaks every other integration using it.
The sharp edge in Vultr's API
Every provider API has one behaviour that catches integrations out. This is Vultr's, and DNSMentor's adapter is written around it — the sort of thing you would otherwise discover during a migration.
What you get on top of the Vultr console
One estate, not one provider
Vultr zones sit beside every other provider your clients came with, grouped by the client who pays for them and searchable in one place.
56 checks before apply
The Vultr console will accept a second SPF record or an MX pointing at an address without comment. DNSMentor will not.
Approval and audit
A second pair of eyes where policy requires it, and a hash-chained record of who changed what — neither of which a provider console offers.
Vultr questions
Can I manage Vultr DNS alongside my other providers?
Yes. DNSMentor connects Vultr through its API and shows its zones in the same estate view as every other provider you connect — 26 are supported in total. Your engineers work in one interface instead of switching between provider portals, and the same checks, approval policy and audit trail apply regardless of which provider a domain happens to be with.
What credentials does DNSMentor need for Vultr?
DNSMentor needs API Key for Vultr. Vultr Customer Portal → Account → API (https://my.vultr.com/settings/#settingsapi). The key is account-wide and cannot be limited to DNS or to particular domains — it can create servers and incur charges — so treat it as a full-account credential. On the same page, restrict 'Access Control' to DNSMentor's egress addresses: it is the only way to narrow what this key can be used from. Regenerating the key breaks every other integration using it.
Does DNSMentor move my zones away from Vultr?
No. Your zones stay hosted at Vultr and remain authoritative there. DNSMentor reads and writes through the Vultr API, so nothing about your resolution path changes, and if you stop using DNSMentor the zones carry on exactly as they are.
Does DNSMentor validate Vultr changes before applying them?
Yes. All 56 checks run against the zone as it would exist after the change, whichever provider hosts it. The change is then simulated, routed for approval if policy requires it, written through the Vultr API after re-reading live state, and independently verified in public DNS afterwards.
Other providers DNSMentor manages
Connect Vultr in about five minutes.
Paste one credential, sync, and see every zone in that account. It is a read operation — nothing is written until somebody presses apply.
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