A Record
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Note
IDN is supported for object type: fqdn. You can use IDN or punycode while importing this object.
Field Name | Data Type | Required (Yes/No) | Associated GUI Field | Associated PAPI Method | Usage and Guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Header-ARecord | String | Yes | Example: ARecord | ||
| fqdn | FQDN | Yes | Name | name | This field combines the A record name and the zone name to form the FQDN. Example: a1.corp100.com |
_new_fqdn | FQDN | No | Add this field to overwrite the fqdn field when you select the overwrite or merge option. | ||
view | String | No | DNS View | views | If no view is specified, the Default view is used. |
address | IP address | Yes | IP Address | ipv4addrss | Example: 192.138.1.1 |
_new_address | IP address | No | Add this field to overwrite the address 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. For information, see Data Specific Guidelines. Example: 7200 |
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. |
EA-Users | List | No | Extensible attribute Users | extensible_attributes | EA-Users is an example of a user defined attribute. You can add other user defined 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 A records. All examples use comma as the separator. You can use other supported separators, such as semicolon, space, or tab.
Adding an A Record
This example shows how to add an A record, bind_a.corp100.com, with the extensible attribute Site = Infoblox, and the permission, DNS_Admins = RO.
header-arecord,address*,fqdn*,ADMGRP-DNS_Admins,EA-Site
arecord,100.0.0.1,bind_a.corp100.com,RO,Infoblox
Overwriting A Record Data
This example shows how to modify the permission of the admin group DNS_Admins from RO to DENY in an existing A record, bind_a.corp100.com.
header-arecord,address*,fqdn*,ADMGRP-DNS_Admins
arecord,100.0.0.1,bind_a.corp100.com,DENY
Merging DNS Zone Data
This example shows how to merge the TTL value = 1280 to an existing A record, bind_a.corp100.com.
header-arecord,address*,fqdn*,ttl
arecord,100.0.0.1,bind_a.corp100.com,1280