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 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 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

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