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Domain registration & DNS

OPS Domains

OPS Domains is the registrar for the in-game internet: .ls, .sa, .biz, .shop and .club names (and .gov.sa for government), DNS hosting, WHOIS and transfers.

1job types
$40–$40customers pay per job
$80–$80engineer wage per job
1training course
0emergency job types

Overview

What it does

OPS Domains is the registrar for the in-game internet: .ls, .sa, .biz, .shop and .club names (and .gov.sa for government), DNS hosting, WHOIS and transfers.

On OPS Hub

OPS Hub → Web & Domains.

On the phone

Everything at opsdomains.sa in the phone or laptop Browser.

What players physically do

Everything below happens in the world, with your character, where other players can see it.

  • Register a domain at opsdomains.sa in the Browser
  • Edit DNS records so a domain points at a site or a server
  • Look up who owns a domain on WHOIS
  • Transfer a domain with a transfer code

How the system works

How OPS Domains's part of the world fits together — and what breaks when it doesn't.

The in-game internet: domains, websites, DNS, email & SSL

The Browser

A real web for the city, on phones (mobile data) and laptops (Ethernet). ops.sa is OPS Search.

Domains

Registered at opsdomains.sa (.ls .sa .biz .shop .club; .gov.sa for government). They renew from the owner's bank, expire, then are released after a grace period.

DNS

A, AAAA, CNAME, MX and TXT records decide where a name goes. 198.18.10.80 is OPS Web hosting; a customer's static or cloud IP self-hosts.

Websites

Built from blocks at opsweb.sa — never raw HTML, so no player code runs on anyone's phone. Live when published and the DNS points at the server.

HTTPS & email

Certificates from OPS Trust CA (free DV with hosting). No valid certificate means 'Not secure' or a full-page warning. Mailboxes deliver into the phone's Mail app; unknown addresses bounce.

Every job

Every job OPS Domains does. Open one to see who it's for, what the customer pays, what the engineer earns, the certificate needed, the parts used and exactly how the server checks the work was really done. A job is only paid when its check passes.

Domains & DNS

Make DNS changes for customers on their domains.

DNS change

$40engineer earns $80

Make the DNS change the customer asked for (see the ticket).

Who it's for

HomesBusinessesPoliceGovernment

Money

Customer pays $40; the engineer is paid $80 wages when it's signed off. The rest goes to the company.

Certificate

Not required — the Web developer course covers it.

How it's created

Raised by a customer, a fault or staff for a specific site.

How the server checks it was really done

The requested DNS change must be live.

Training: Domains & DNS — the full step by step, tools, PPE and hazards for this job.

Training & safety

Each group of jobs has a course in OPS Academy: the lesson below, a health & safety module, an exam and a practical. You can read all of it here, or take it on OPS Hub → Classroom, in the OPS Academy app on the phone or laptop, or at opsacademy.sa in game.

Web developer

Domains & DNS

Make DNS changes for customers on their domains.

Overview

DNS turns names into addresses. A records point a name at an IPv4 address; CNAME points one name at another; MX says where mail goes; TXT holds verification text. A wrong record takes a website or email down instantly for everyone. A DNS job is checked by the domain's DNS having changed after you accepted.

The equipment — and what it does

DNS editor

Add, edit or delete A, AAAA, CNAME, MX and TXT records.

Browser → opsdomains.sa → My domains → the domain → DNS records.

WHOIS

Who owns a domain and when it expires.

opsdomains.sa → WHOIS.

Tools & protective equipment

Engineer laptop & console cable

Configures routers, NVRs and servers, runs speed tests and opens OPS Hub.

Step by step

  1. Read the requestExactly which record should change.
    OPS Work → the job about 8 s in game
  2. Open the domainopsdomains.sa → My domains — the customer's domains appear under your job.
    Browser Engineer laptop & console cable about 8 s in game
  3. Change the recordAdd or edit the record. A CNAME can't share its name with other records, and the bare domain (@) can't be a CNAME.
    DNS records Engineer laptop & console cable about 8 s in game
  4. TestVisit the site / send a test email.
    Browser / Mail Engineer laptop & console cable about 8 s in game
  5. CheckPress Check on the job.
    OPS Work → the job about 8 s in game

Health & safety — hazards and controls

Customer data & privacy

Router settings, passwords and camera footage are private.

Only change what the job needs. Never share Wi-Fi passwords or footage, and log out of customer systems when you finish.

Taking a service down

A wrong record breaks the customer's website or email.

Write down the old value first and test straight after.

What goes wrong if it's done badly

Deleting the A record for @

The website stops resolving: ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED.

Changing MX by mistake

Email bounces.

Change made before accepting

The check needs a change after acceptance.

Assessment

Safety module · 3 questionsExam · 5 questions in this modulePractical at an OPS Academy training centre (if switched on) Open in the Classroom →

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