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Boni Platform·guide·Version 2

Connect your domain

Give Boni managed DNS control once while keeping your existing website and mailbox connected.

One change, then Boni manages the rest

You keep ownership of your domain and registrar account. Boni prepares a managed DNS zone, and—only after it is safe—asks you to replace the nameservers at your registrar. After that, Boni can add subdomains, website routes, verification records and email sender records without repeatedly sending you back to the registrar.

Changing nameservers changes who manages DNS. It does not move your website or mailbox. If your company already uses Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or another mail provider, that service stays connected unless you explicitly choose to migrate it.

Tell Boni what already uses the domain

Before any nameserver change, confirm:

  • where your domain is registered;
  • where the current website is hosted;
  • your current mailbox provider, or that you do not use one;
  • any helpdesk, forms, verification, VPN, marketing, DKIM or custom subdomain services; and
  • a DNS export from the current provider, when available.

You are not being asked to recreate records. This information lets Boni prove that nothing disappears during the move.

Keep or change your mailbox

Choose Keep current provider and select Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or your other provider when mail should stay where it is. Boni preserves those records during the DNS move.

If you intentionally change mailbox providers later, update the mailbox choice in the same domain setup. If that control is not enabled in your workspace yet, tell your Boni contact. Boni stages and verifies the new provider records before switching them; do not edit Cloudflare or replace MX records yourself.

What Boni does first

Boni creates the replacement zone while your old DNS is still live, imports or scans the current records, reviews the existing services, and compares the prepared zone with public DNS. Website records, MX, SPF, DKIM/TXT, DMARC and verification records are checked before the nameserver step is unlocked.

The review shows a plain-language result such as Google Workspace stays connected. An automatic scan can miss unusual records, so Boni also uses the current-service confirmation and provider export when available.

Your one action

When the workspace says Ready to connect:

  1. Open the registrar account that owns the domain.
  2. Replace the current nameservers with the exact nameservers shown by Boni.
  3. Save the change and return to Boni.

Do not delete the domain, cancel your website or mailbox, or manually recreate DNS records. The nameservers are unique to your prepared zone; use only the values shown in your workspace.

What happens next

Boni watches propagation and verifies the website, HTTPS and email records from public DNS. If verification fails, Boni uses the recorded previous nameservers as the rollback path. After the new zone is stable, normal DNS changes are managed by Boni and recorded in the workspace.

You can revoke Boni's DNS control at any time by changing nameservers at the registrar you still own.