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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.

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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. 

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