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Working with DNS Records

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

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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.

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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".

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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.

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Add a New Record

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

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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".

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Working with Zone Records - Zone View

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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:

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

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When working with DNS Zones and Records, additional record types may be manually added by selecting "Other" when adding a new record.

S64 DNS users can use record type "Other" to add "SYNTH" or "TYPE65464" type records similar to the format below:

$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}

However, arbitrary / other record types are unable to be validated, so use with care!

Add Zone Records

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

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

When done, click "Save Changes".

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title	A Note on Quotes

When working with records (like TXT), there is no need to add quotes around the record value - ProVision will automatically add double quotes for the TXT records on Zone Push, and will also automatically use quotes to split TXT values larger than 255 characters.

If your record value contains internal quotes that you wish to keep, you may escape it by adding a backslash ( \ ) before the quote from the "Edit Record" screen.

Examples:

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In the Edit Record screen, there is no need to add quotes to the record value, as seen below:

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However, if an internal quote exists that you wish to retain, escape it by using a backslash ( \ ) before the quote(s):

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When done editing the record, click "Save changes".

Repeating this to create four TXT record examples, we end up with the following for test1 through test4:

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These four records become the following in the zone file once pushed (note the automatic addition of quotes around the values, and the escaped quotes in test3 and test 4):

test1.acctest.com. 3600 IN TXT "qweqwe"

test2.acctest.com. 3600 IN TXT "qweqwe qweqwe"

test3.acctest.com. 3600 IN TXT "\"qweqw qwewq\""

test4.acctest.com. 3600 IN TXT "asdsa \" wqeqwe"

If you have additional questions on handling of quote characters in zone records, contact support@6connect.com.

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".

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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}

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and this is expanded to:

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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.
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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.
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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.

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

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Import Zone Records

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

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Click "Import Zone" on the Zone View Zone 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.

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

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