infoblox_mx_record Resource

The infoblox_mx_record resource corresponds to an MX record (mail exchanger record) in NIOS. An MX-record associates a mail exchange host to a domain name. For more information about an MX record, refer to Managing MX Records in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.

The following table describes the parameters you can define in the resource block of the record:

Parameter	Required/ Optional	Description	Example Value
`fqdn`	Required	Specifies the fully qualified domain name of the DNS zone to which a mail exchange host is assigned.	`big-big-company.com`
`mail_exchanger`	Required	Specifies the mail exchange host's fully qualified domain name.	`mx1.secure-mail-provider.net`
`preference`	Required	Specifies the preference number in the range of 0-65535, for the MX record.	`60`
`dns_view`	Optional	Specifies the DNS view in which the zone’s record exists. If a value is not specified, `default` will be used as the DNS view name.	`dns_view_1`
`ttl`	Optional	Specifies the Time to Live value for the record. There is no default value for this parameter. If a value is not specified, then in NIOS, the TTL value is inherited from the parent zone of the DNS record for this resource. A TTL value of 0 (zero) means caching should be disabled for this record.	`600`
`comment`	Optional	Describes the record.	`static record #1`
`ext_attrs`	Optional	Specifies the set of NIOS extensible attributes that are attached to the record.	`jsonencode({})`

Examples of the MX Record Block

// MX-record, minimal set of parameters
resource "infoblox_mx_record" "rec1" {
fqdn = "big-big-company.com"
mail_exchanger = "mx1.secure-mail-provider.net"
preference = 30
}

// MX-record, full set of parameters
resource "infoblox_mx_record" "rec2" {
dns_view = "nondefault_dnsview1"
fqdn = "example2.org "
mail_exchanger = "sample.test.com"
preference = 40
comment = "example MX-record"
ttl = 120
ext_attrs = jsonencode({
"Location" = "Las Vegas"
})
}