View DNS Records

Prerequisite:

• A primary zone is mandatory to create a record. For more information, see Create Primary Zones.

• You must be a contract administrator, owner, or a user with Access and manage DNS privilege to create and manage primary zones and records. You can set user privileges in the DCD or via the API.

After creation, you can view the list of records of a zone and manage them as required.

To view a list of the records, follow these steps:

1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Network Services > Cloud DNS > Public zones tab.

2. Select Primary Zones from the drop-down list.

3. Select the appropriate zone in the DNS ZONES column to view the records associated with it. Alternatively, click Details & Records in the ACTIONS column.

Zone selection

4. Select the appropriate record from the FQDN column to view its details. Alternatively, click Details & Edit in the ACTIONS column.

List of zone records

Result: A list of all records in a zone is displayed. You will see the following details:

• FQDN: Displays the FQDN of the record.

• TYPE: Displays the type of the record: A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, NS, SOA, SRV, TXT, CAA, SSHFP, TLSA, SMIMEA, DS, HTTPS, SVCB, OPENPGPKEY, CERT, URI, RP, and LOC.

• CONTENT: Displays the content of the record type.

• STATE: Displays the state of the respective record.

  • Available: Indicates that the record is available and healthy.

  • Provisioning: Indicates that the record is being created or updated.

  • Destroying: Indicates that the record is being deleted.

  • Failed: Indicates that an error occurred during creation, update or deletion.

• ENABLED/DISABLED: Indicates if the record is currently enabled or disabled. You can also toggle the button to enable or disable a record.

• ACTIONS: Select to perform the following operations:

  • Details and Edit: View and update the details of the respective record.

  • Copy Record UUID: Copy the UUID of the record.

  • Copy endpoint HREF: Copy the Cloud DNS API HREF of the record. It is useful when using the Cloud DNS API for advanced DNS management.