Note: IDN is supported for object types: fqdn and dname. You can use punycode or IDNs while importing these objects.
Field Name | Data Type | Required (Yes/No) | Associated GUI Field | Associated PAPI Method | Usage and Guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Header-PtrRecord | String | Yes | Example: PtrRecord | ||
fqdn | FQDN | No | Name | name zone | This field is required if you do not use the address field. Either the IP address or FQDN is required. Example: 10.0.0.10.in.addr.arpa |
_new_fqdn | Reverse FQDN | No | Add this field to overwrite the fqdn field when you use the overwrite or merge option. | ||
view | String | No | DNS View | views | If no view is specified, the Default view is used. Example: Default |
address | IP address | No | IP Address | ipv4addrss | This field is required if you do not use the fqdn field. Either the IP address or FQDN is required. Example: 10.0.0.11 |
_new_address | IP address | No | Add this field to overwrite the address field when you use the overwrite or merge option. | ||
dname | FQDN | Yes | Domain Name | ptrdname | Example: ss.dd.ff |
_new_dname | FQDN | No | Add this field to overwrite the dname field when you select the overwrite or merge option. | ||
comment | String | No | Comment comment | ||
disabled | Boolean | No | Disable | disable | Example: FALSE |
ttl | Unsigned integer | No | TTL | ttl | This is an inherited field. Example: 28800 |
EA-Site | String | No | Extensible attribute Site | extensible_attributes | EA-Site is an example of a predefined extensible attribute. You can add other predefined attributes to the data file. For information about data format and examples, see Data Specific Guidelines. |
ADMGRP-JoeSmith | String | No | Permissions | permission | ADMGRP-JoeSmith is an example of an admin permission of a specific admin group. For information about data format and examples, see Data Specific Guidelines. |
Examples
This section contains examples of how to create data files for PTR records. All examples use comma as the separator. You can use other supported separators, such as semicolon, space, or tab.
Adding a PTR Record
This example shows how to add a PTR record.
header-ptrrecord,dname*,fqdn ptrrecord,ptr.corp100.com,1.0.0.100.in-addr.arpa
Overwriting PTR Record Data
This example shows how to overwrite an existing PTR record with a new FQDN, 2.0.0.100.in-addr.arpa.
header-ptrrecord,dname*,fqdn ptrrecord,ptr.corp100.com,2.0.0.100.in-addr.arpa
This example shows how to overwrite an existing PTR record with a new IP address, 100.0.0.3.
header-ptrrecord,dname*,address ptrrecord,ptr.corp100.com,100.0.0.3
Merging PTR Record Data
This example shows how to change the DNAME of a PTR record from ptr.corp100.com to ptr2.corp100.com, and to add comment = East Asia.
header-ptrrecord,dname*,_new_dname,comment ptrrecord,ptr.corp100.com,ptr2.corp100.com,East Asia