A CNAME record maps one domain name to another (canonical) one. The infoblox_cname_record resource allows
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you to manage domain name mappings in a NIOS server for CNAME records.
The following table describes the parameters you can define in the infoblox_cname_record resource block:
Parameter | Required/optional | Description | Example Value |
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| Required | Specifies the alias name in the FQDN format. |
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| Required | Specifies the canonical name in the FQDN format. |
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| Optional | Specifies the |
Time to |
Live value for the CNAME record. |
a value is not specified, then in NIOS, the TTL value is inherited from |
the parent object of the DNS record for this resource. A TTL value of 0 (zero) means caching should be disabled for this record. |
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| Optional | Specifies the DNS view in which the zone exists. |
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comment | Optional | Describes the CNAME record. | an example CNAME record |
ext_attrs | Optional | Specifies the set of NIOS extensible attributes that are attached to the CNAME record. | jsonencode({}) |
Example of the CNAME Record Resource
// minimal set of parameters to create a CNAME-recordresource "infoblox_cname_record" "
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cname_rec1" { canonical = "main.test.net" alias = "hq-server.example1.org"}
// full set of parameters to create a CNAME-recordresource "infoblox_cname_record" "cname_rec2" {
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dns_view = "default
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.nondefault_netview" canonical = "strange-place.somewhere.in.the.net" alias = "alarm-server.example3.org" comment = "we need to keep an eye on this strange host" ttl = 0 // disable caching ext_attrs = jsonencode({
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Site = "
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unknown"
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Location = "
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TBD"
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})}