Working with DNS Records

DNS Records may be managed either from the Zone View page (for the records under their respective zone) or globally through the DNS Records sub-tab.

Working with Records - DNS Records List

The DNS Records List provides a global list records for expedited searching, filtering, adding, and editing of DNS Records. 

From the DNS Tab, click on the "DNS Records" sub-tab button, or select it from the DNS dropdown menu.

All DNS records available in ProVision displays in a single Record List, along with Host, Type, Value, and Last Queried information. 

Records may be sorted ascending/descending by "Record Host" name, or by "Last Queried", by clicking on the column header name  / sort arrows. 

Filter Records

Search for specific records by filtering by Host, Type, Comment, Value, Last Query, Last Modified, Record TTL, Status, or IP Range. 

After entering your filter criteria, click "Filter".

Record Actions

For each record, you may:

• Click the "Check" button to run an DNS Monitor error check on the record
• Review or change record permissions by clicking "Perms" (Admin only)
• Delete the record by clicking "Delete"
• Review or Edit record details by double-clicking on the row for the desired record. 
  • Review record revision dates or enter your desired edit, then click "Save changes" to complete. 

Add a New Record

At the top of the DNS Records page, select the desired record type, then click "Add Record". 

Available Record Types for the Record List include the following:

• A
• A6
• AAAA
• CNAME
• CAA
• DNAME
• DNSKEY
• DS
• MX
• NAPTR
• NS
• PTR
• RP
• SRV
• TLSA
• SPF
• HINFO
• LOC
• TXT
• URI

Enter the record information for the record type. When done, click "Save Changes".

Working with Zone Records - Zone View Page

Record Types

The Zone View page supports 20 record types, as well as the ability to add a custom/arbitrary record type manually.

Available record types include the following:

$ORIGIN 30 IN TYPE65464 ${p4} PTR ${a4}.pool.example.com.
$ORIGIN 600 IN TYPE65464 ${a4} A ${a4}
$ORIGIN TYPE65464 ${p6} PTR user${a6}.my.example.com.
$ORIGIN 5 IN SYNTH user${a6} AAAA ${a6}
$ORIGIN IN SYNTH nptr-${u} NAPTR 10 20 "A" "" "" srv-${u}
$ORIGIN IN SYNTH srv-${u} SRV 10 20 1234 srv-addr-${u}

Add Zone Records

From the Zone View page, under DNS Records, look for the line "Add a new ___ Record".

Select the desired record type from the dropdown list, then click "Add". 

Fill in the information for the new record, selecting options for adding to groups or skipping validation. 

When done, click "Save Changes".

Autogenerate Forward Zone Records

From the Zone View page, under DNS Records, look for the line "Add a new ___ Record".

Select the desired record type from the dropdown list, then click "Add". 

Enter the Host value for the record. 

For the Record Value, enter the IP Address, using brackets for the last octet to denote the range of IPs.

Example:
Host: h69-131-159-$1.qncyfi
Value: 69.131.159.{240-255}

and this is expanded to:

When you are done, click "Save Changes" to complete the edit. 

Autogenerate Reverse Zone Records

ProVision can be configured auto-generate IPv4 / IPv6 PTR records in reverse zones based on template.

Example IPv4 :

If the zone is named 33.44.in-addr.arpa.

Host : {100-150}.{22-24}
Value : $1-$2-available.example.com.

The generated records on push will look like :
100.22.33.44.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR 100-22-available.example.com.
101.22.33.44.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR 101-22-available.example.com.
...
149.24.33.44.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR 149-24-available.example.com.
150.24.33.44.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR 150-24-available.example.com.

Example IPv6 :

If the zone is named 0.f.e.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.ip6.arpa.

Host : 0.{0-f}.{2-3}.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1
Value : $1-$2-host.example.com.

The generated records on push will look like :
0.0.2.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.0.f.e.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN PTR 0-2-host.example.com.
0.1.2.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.0.f.e.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN PTR 1-2-host.example.com.
...
0.e.3.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.0.f.e.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN PTR e-3-host.example.com.
0.f.3.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.0.f.e.d.c.b.a.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN PTR f-3-host.example.com.

Autogeneration of Reverse Zone Records is also performed when generating a reverse zone from the IPAM Gadget:

Autogenerate Reverse Zone

Autogenerate a reverse zone from an IP Block by clicking on the CIDR link in the block list.

The reverse zone will be created for the block, and the Zone View page will load, displaying further information and autogenerated records. 

Import Zone Records

To import a zone file to populate record data in ProVision, go to the Zone View page for the zone. The zone must already exist in ProVision, although it may be empty

Click "Import Zone" on the Zone View page. 

A Zone Import dialog box will open. Next to Zone File:, click "Choose File" and select your .zone file to import. Then, select an import policy to follow.

When done, Click "Import Zone". 

Edit Zone Records

To edit an existing zone record, click on the record line in the DNS Records list. 

The Edit Record dialog will open, allowing you to fill in record details. 

Fill in the Host, Value, TTL, and comment if desired.

An option exists to "Skip Validation" - check to select if you wish to bypass validation for the record. 

If previous versions of the record exist, the revision log will be visible under "Record revisions".

When edits or reviewing is complete, click "Save changes", or "Close" to exit without saving. 

Delete Zone Records

Delete a zone record by clicking the "Delete" button under "Actions" for the desired record entry. 

Check a Record

Check a record for errors by clicking the "Check" button under "Actions" for the desired record entry. 

A dialog box will appear, with details on any errors.

You may clear the error if desired, recheck, or close the box. 

Attach / Detach Servers to a Zone

Under the "Attached Servers" section of the Zone View page, next to "Attach Server:", select the desired server to attach and choose the server type (Default, Master, Slave), then click the "Attach" button. 

To detach a server from a zone, look for the server under the "Attached Servers" list, then click "Detach" under actions for that server. 

Restore a Zone / Record from Backup

If a zone has had changes successfully pushed, a "Zone Backups" section appears near the bottom of the page, showing the date and time of the backup.

To view details, or restore the zone to the previous version, click on the row of the desired date/time backup, and the "Zone Restore" module will open. 

From here, you may restore individual records by clicking on them, or restore the entire zone by clicking the "Restore Zone" button. 

To exit without saving, click the "Close" button.  

Additional Information

For more information on DNSv3 tasks, see:

• Working with DNS Zones
• DNS Zones Overview
• DNS Administration
• Working with DNS Servers
• Approvals