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Alias Records

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Last updated: Sept 22, 2022

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-aliasrecord

String

Yes

NA

NA

Example: Alias Record

fqdn

FQDN

Yes

Name

name

This field combines the Alias record name and the zone name to form the  FQDN. Example: aaaa1.corp100.com

new_fqdn

FQDN

No

NA

dns_name


target_name

String 

Yes

Target Name

target_name

You can type the domain name for the resource. Examples: 

  • CloudFront distribution domain name: d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net 
  • Elastic Beanstalk environment CNAME: example.elasticbeanstalk.com 
  • ELB load balancer DNS name: example-1.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com 
  • S3 website endpoint: s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com 
  • Resource record set in this hosted zone: www.example.com

new_target_name

String 

No

NA

dns_target_name


target_type

String 

Yes

Target Type

target_type

Type of the aliased resource record, can be one of: A, AAAA, MX, NAPTR, PTR, SPF, SRV, TXT.

_new_target_type

String 

No

NA

NA


comment

String 

No

Comment

comment

Additional Information

ttl

Boolean

No

TTL 

ttl

This is an inherited field. For information, see Data Specific Guidelines. Example: 7200

disabled

Boolean 

No

Disable

disabled

Example: FALSE

view

String 

No

DNS View

views

If no view is specified, the Default view is used. Example: Default

Creator

StringNoNAcreator