To automate the conversion of IP addresses of discovered entities from "unmanaged" to "managed" in a specific network view, you can configure conversion rules that Network Insight uses to automatically create new DNS records or update existing data for the discovered IP addresses. Network Insight automatically converts newly discovered IP addresses to host records, A and PTR records, or fixed addresses based on your configuration. You can define templates that Network Insight uses to create new records by using supported variables and functions. For information about supported variables, see Supported Variables for Templates below.
Note that corresponding DNS zones in a selected network view must already exist in order for Network Insight to add DNS records during the conversion. Otherwise, Network Insight does not add any DNS records and it logs a message to the syslog.
Network Insight automatically adds DNS records based on the following conditions:
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Name | Example | Result | Description |
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dashed | ${dashed(${ip_address})}-vm.example.com | 1-2-3-4-vm.example.com / 1.2.3.4 | Replaces the dot "." and colon ":" symbols with the hyphen symbol "-". |
reversed | ${reversed(${ip_address})}-vm.example.com | 4.3.2.1-vm.example.com / 1.2.3.4 | Reverts the octets of the IP address. IPv6 address is converted to the dotted representation. |
underscored | ${underscored(${ip_address})}-vm.example.com | 1_2_3_4-vm.example.com / 1.2.3.4 | Replaces the dot "." and colon ":" symbols with the underscore symbol "_". |
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