Recently, Google has released Nomulus TLD registry platform developed in Java powering Google’s own .google and .foo top-level domains. Nomulus is Google’s latest inclusion into open-source software, which holds cloud-based service for operating TLDs.
What are the other features that Nomulus hold? Learn about 10 simple facts about Nomulus which you need to know:
- Nomulus runs on Google App Engine and is backed by Google Cloud Datastore, a highly scalable NoSQL database.
- The code of Nomulus is available in Java and released under the Apache 2.0 license. Also, it uses Google App Engine to run domain registry service and is powered by Google Cloud Datastore.
- Although Google’s Nomulus is as an open source offering, it requires Google Cloud Platform which is a step for Google to promote its cloud platform and demonstrate its key features.
- Nomulus can manage any number of TLDs in a single shared instance and supports the full range of TLD functionality required by ICANN, including the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP), WHOIS, reporting, and trademark protection.
- Nomulus is the platform it uses to manage all the registration data for domains that fall under its TLDs.
- Among other things, Nomulus handles all of the requests to buy, renew and transfer domains.
- In addition to encouraging Google Cloud Platform adoption, Nomulus would bring open standards in the domain name industry for registry operators.
- With Nomulus, Google is apparently to make things difficult for Amazon Web Services that presently existed as the closest competitor against Google Cloud.
- Google Registry, which serves webmasters a domain registry platform, uses Nomulus to operate TLDs like .google, .how and .soy. Further, the project gives an authoritative source to domains and enables tracking of domain name ownership as well as handling registrations.
- Google’s Nomulus allows users to manage many TLDs in a single shared instance. It braces the entire range of TLD functionality designed by ICANN and helps in developing an internet infrastructure.
Google says Donuts, which owns over 2300 of these generic TLDs, also contributed to the Nomulus code base and will soon make a public test version available, too.
