Field Name	Data Type	Required (Yes/N0)	Associated GUI Field	Associated PAPI Method	Usage and Guidelines
Header-BulkHost	String	Yes			Identifies the first row as a header row for the bulk host objects. Example: BulkHost
parentfqdn	FQDN	Yes	Name	zone	Indicates the FQDN of the zone to which bulk host will be added.
view	String	No	DNS View	views	If no view is specified, the Default view is used. Example: Default
prefix	String	No	RFC 2317 Prefix	prefix	Prefix is used for reverse-mapping zones only. The characters must be prepended to the host in the bulk host. If you include a prefix in a forward-mapping zone, the appliance ignores the prefix. No error message is generated.
_new_prefix	String	No			Add this field to overwrite the prefix field when you select the Overwrite or Merge option.Use the hostname of the Grid member in this field. Example: infoblox.localdomain
start_address	IP address	Yes	Start	start_addr	Indicates the starting IP address. Example: 10.0.0.11
_new_start_address	IP address	No			Add this field to overwrite the start_address field when you select the Overwrite or Merge option. Example: 10.0.0.55
end_address	IP address	Yes	End	end_addr	Indicates the last IP address. Example: 10.0.0.22
_new_end_address	IP address	No			Add this field to overwrite the end_address field when you select the Overwrite or Merge option. Example: 10.0.0.66
reverse	Boolean	No			Example: True
comment	String	No	Comment	comment	Example: This is a Bulk Host.
disabled	Boolean	No	Disable	disable	Enable or disable the bulk host. Example: FALSE
ttl	Unsigned integer	No	TTL	ttl	This is an inherited field. Example: 7200
EA-Site	String	No	Extensible attribute	extensible_attributes	EA-Site is an example of a predefined extensible attribute. You can add other predefined attributes to the data file. Example: California.
EA-Users	List	No	Extensible attribute	extensible_attributes	EA-Users is an example of a user defined attribute. You can add other user defined attributes to the data file. Example: [‘Annie’, ‘John’].
ADMGRP-XXXX	String	No	Permissions Admin Group/Role	permission	ADMGRP-JimSmith is an example of an admin permission of a specific admin group. Example: RW

NXDOMAIN and Blacklist Rulesets

Field Name	Data Type	Required (Yes/No)	Associated GUI Field	Associated PAPI Method	Usage and Guidelines
Header-Ruleset	String	Yes			Example: Ruleset
name	String	Yes	Name	name	Example: ruleset1
_new_name	String	No			Example: ruleset1-new
type	String	Yes		type	You can use this field for NXDOMAIN rules or blacklist rules. Valid value is NXDOMAIN or BLACKLIST. Example: NXDOMAIN
disabled	Boolean	No	Disable	disabled	Example: FALSE
comment	String	No	Comment	comment
ADMGRP-JoeSmith	String	No	Permissions Admin Group/Role	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 NXDOMAIN and blacklist rulesets. All examples use comma as the separator. You can use other supported separators, such as semicolon, space, or tab.

Adding an NXDOMAIN Ruleset

This example shows how to import an NXDOMAIN ruleset.

header-Ruleset,name*,type*,comment,disabled ruleset,NXD,NXDOMAIN,This is an NXDOMAIN ruleset,FALSE

Adding a Blacklist Ruleset

This example shows how to import a blacklist ruleset.

header-Ruleset,name*,type*,disabled,comment ruleset,blacklistrule1,BLACKLIST,FALSE,This is a blackset ruleset

Overwriting Blacklist Ruleset Data

This example shows how to overwrite the name of a blacklist ruleset.

header-Ruleset,name*,_new_name,type* ruleSet,blacklistrule1,blacklistrule2,BLACKLIST

Merging NXDOMAIN Ruleset Data

This example shows how to merge an admin permission to a NXDOMAIN ruleset.

header-Ruleset,name*,type*,ADMGRP-JoeSmith ruleSet,NXD,NXDOMAIN,RW