# Connect Porkbun > Connect Porkbun to manage the domains you have registered there from InfraNest — registering, renewing, transferring in, nameservers, contacts and auto-renew… Source: https://infranest.io/docs/connect-porkbun Last updated: 2026-10-26 --- Connect your Porkbun account so you can manage registered domains, their DNS and SSL certificates right from InfraNest. ## Overview - Register, renew and transfer in domains, and manage nameservers, contacts and auto-renew. - Manage DNS records for your Porkbun domains. - See the free SSL certificate Porkbun issues for each domain, and download the certificate files when you need them. - See your Porkbun account credit so you catch a low balance before a renewal fails. > [!NOTE] > You'll need a Porkbun API key and secret API key before you start. See **Create a Porkbun API key** for the steps — and be sure to read the part about Opt In All Domains, since it's the one setting that decides whether any of this works. ## Connect Porkbun 1. Go to **Integrations** and open **Porkbun**. 2. Give the connection an **Account label** so you can recognise it later. This is optional, and worth doing if you have more than one Porkbun account. 3. Paste your **API key** (it starts with `pk1_`) and your **Secret API key** (it starts with `sk1_`). 4. Select **Connect**. ![Connect Porkbun](/media/a8244397-d40b-4e0c-9500-d78979e5758d) InfraNest checks the credentials and starts importing your domains. ## What you can do once it's connected - See every Porkbun domain with its expiry, status and nameservers. - Register a domain, renew one, or transfer one in. - Change nameservers, contacts and auto-renew. - Manage DNS records for your Porkbun domains. - See the free SSL certificate Porkbun issues for each domain in your certificate inventory, and download the certificate files when you need to install them somewhere. - See your Porkbun account credit, so you find out you are running low before a renewal fails. ## Good to know **Porkbun sells one year at a time.** Porkbun's API registers and renews for a single year, so InfraNest only offers one year. To buy several years at once, do it in the Porkbun panel. **A few things stay in the Porkbun panel.** Porkbun has no way to change these from the API, so InfraNest greys them out rather than pretending: - **Transfer lock** — you can see whether it is on, but you change it at Porkbun. - **WHOIS privacy** — same: visible here, changed there. It can only be chosen when a domain is first registered. - **Transfer codes (EPP / auth codes)** — Porkbun does not hand these out over the API. Get yours from the Porkbun panel when you want to move a domain away. **DNS is only for domains registered at Porkbun.** Porkbun hosts DNS for its own domains, so there is nothing to create — the zone already exists and InfraNest imports it. If you host DNS somewhere else, connect that provider separately. **Domain search is slower with Porkbun connected.** Porkbun allows one availability check every ten seconds for the whole account, and offers no way to check several names at once. InfraNest works around it: it takes Porkbun's price from Porkbun's public price list, and borrows the availability answer from another registrar you have connected. If Porkbun is your only registrar, the first name in a search gets a real check and the rest offer a **Check now** button so you can spend the next one where it matters. **Paying is from a prepaid balance.** Porkbun takes payment from account credit in US dollars, not from a card. If the credit runs out, a registration or renewal simply fails — nothing retries it and nothing charges you instead. The Porkbun connection page shows your balance and whether automatic top-up is on, and InfraNest emails you when the credit starts running low. > [!WARNING] > This matters most for domains set to renew on their own. An auto-renew that runs out of credit does not warn you at the time — the domain simply expires. ## Troubleshooting - **Every action on a domain fails, but the domain is listed** — that domain is not opted in to API access. This is the most common Porkbun problem by far; see **Create a Porkbun API key**. InfraNest flags the affected domains with **NO API** so you can see which ones. - **"Authentication failed"** — the key or secret is wrong, or the key was deleted at Porkbun. Create a new pair and reconnect. - **Everything fails with a permissions error** — the key may have an IP allowlist set that does not include InfraNest. Either clear the allowlist or add the address shown on the connect form. - **A registration failed with "insufficient funds"** — top up your Porkbun balance and try again. - **A domain is missing** — it may be in another Porkbun account; connect that account too.