Domains Glossary | Yext Hitchhikers Platform
Glossary
This glossary of terms can be applied to domains across your account, no matter what product you’re using them with and whether you manage domains in the UI or API.
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Site | The website built on Yext’s Pages product. |
| Domain | A unique name that identifies an address for a resource on the internet. For Pages, this name is what your users will enter to access the contents of your website hosted by Yext. |
| Domain Association | A relationship between a domain and a Yext product, for example Pages. For your Pages site, an association is what glues together the domain and your website. Typically, a domain can only have one domain association relationship, however, a domain set up as a wildcard can have multiple domain associations for different sites. |
| CNAME Record | Also known as a Canonical Name record, this is a record added to your Domain Name System (DNS) registrar that maps an alias to a canonical domain name. For the Yext Domain system, this is the record that will need to be added for the Bridge Domain. |
| TXT Record | A record added to your Domain Name System (DNS) registrar to store text information associated with a domain. For the Yext Domain system, this record is used to verify ownership. |
| A Record | Also known as an Address Record, this is a record in your Domain Name System (DNS) registrar that indicates what internet address (IP address) the domain name should route to. |
| Apex Domain | A domain name that is at the top of the domain name zone and does not have a subdomain. For example, yext.com is an Apex domain, but help.yext.com is not. |
| Wildcard Domain | A domain name that contains an asterisk at its first label and therefore matches any non-existent subdomain. For example, *.yext.com would match help.yext.com, hitchhikers.yext.com, etc. |
| Bridge Domain | A domain provided by Yext, generated uniquely on a per account basis, which is an alias for the domains used to serve the content associated with your domains. To use this, you must CNAME to this domain. |
| Integration Type | The method with which you intend to manage your domain within the Yext system. |
| Certificate Authority | A trusted entity that verifies the identity and authenticity of your website and issues the certificate to permit HTTPS connections. We provide access to two, Let’s Encrypt and Google Trust Services, out of the box. |
| Delegated DCV | Also known as delegated domain control validation, if you are using TXT validation, this feature allows you to install a one-time CNAME record for your domain, which allows Yext to handle all future certificate renewals automatically. |
| Destination | This tells the domain system where to find the content to present when a user requests a domain. For example, using Pages as a destination will ensure that a domain always serves associated Pages content. |
| View Mode | A parameter provided to the GET and LIST endpoints for Domains and Domain Associations. This parameter has two options: “full” and “basic”. Full will return information about the certificate status and any asynchronous errors with setup. Basic will only return a subset of that information. |
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