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DNS Admin

The DNS Admin tab contains 5 different functional areas: managing DNS server, performing bulk zone assignments to a resource, performing bulk record changes over all zones, managing default name server, transfering zones, and a collection of links for other useful DNS functions.

DNS Functions

Defaults and Options

  • Default TTL: in seconds, default value is 3600 

  • Default Refresh: in seconds, default value is 14400

  • Default Retry: in seconds, default value is 3600

  • Default Expire: in seconds, default value is 604800

  • Default Minimum: in seconds, default value is 3600

  • Default SOA: Server Of Authority and hostmaster contact. E.g. ns1.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com.

  • $GENERATE IPv4 by default: Set to '1' to generate reverse IPv4 DNS hostnames for non specific PTRs. This is similar to $GENERATE in standard bind.

  • $GENERATE IPv4 Suffix: Set to forward suffix to append to PTR for $GENERATE Example: .available.domain.com.

  • DNS Server for DNSSEC validation: required to be a non-authoritative name server. 

Edit DNS Record Types

The "Edit DNS Record Types" will allow you to manage what types of DNS records can be added in the system.  The default values are:

    • A, AAAA, MX, PTR, CNAME, NS, DIRECTIVE, DNAME, DNSKEY, DS, INCLUDE,  IPSECKEY, COMMENT,  TXT, KEY, SOA, and SRV
    • The complete list of valid record types can be found the RFCs.  Wikipedia provides a nice reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types

Edit DNS Delegations

Generate all DS records for DNSSEC

  • This link will generate and output all DS records in the database.  This is provided to easily bulk upload all DS keys to your domain registrar.

Generate zip file of all zones

  • This link generates a single .zip file containing all zones for download.  Once a zip file has been generated, a quick link is provided at the bottom of this section with datestamp to be downloaded later if needed.

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  • Increment all zone serial numbers by one.  All zone serials are automatically incremented on a zone push, but if there is ever any other requirement for an increment, it can be performed here.

DynECT Zone Import

  • Imports and syncs ALL zones on the system with those in your DnyECT instance.  This means any zones in ProVision not present in your DynECT instance will be removed and any changes lost.

PowerDNS Zone ImportComing soon!  Import zones from

  • Option is available after configuring a PowerDNS

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  • server with a MySQL backend.  Connects to the selected server and imports all zones.

DNS View ACL Mangement

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Management

  • Manage ACLs for use in DNS Views.

DNS Zone Transfers

This section lists every server configured in the platform, along with how many zones are assigned to the server.

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