View Secondary Zones

Prerequisite: Only contract administrators, owners, and users with Access and manage DNS privilege can create and manage secondary zones. You can set user privileges in the DCD or via the API.

After creation, you can view the list of secondary zones and manage them as required.

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

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

2. Select Secondary Zones from the drop-down list to view the following details:

List of secondary zones

Info: The Public zones section displays the zones if you have already created them. Select Show secondary zones to view secondary zones. This option only appears if you have created secondary zones but have not configured primary zones.

Show secondary zones

Result: The following details are displayed:

• DNS ZONE: Displays the name of the secondary zone.

• RECORDS: Displays the number of records linked to its primary zone.

• Start zone transfer: Select the option to manually transfer DNS records from the primary DNS server to the secondary DNS server. For more information, see Start Zone Transfer.

• STATE: Displays the state of the respective zone.

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

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

  • Destroying: Indicates that the zone is being deleted.

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

• ACTIONS: Select to manage individual secondary zone. For more information, see View Secondary Zone Details.

  • Details & Records: Select to view the details of the respective secondary zone and manage its records.

  • Start zone transfer: Select the option to manually transfer DNS records.

  • Copy zone UUID: Copy the UUID of the zone.

  • Create certificate: Select to create a certificate. For more information, see Certificate Manager.

  • JSON view: Displays the JSON data in a formatted view.

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

  • Delete Secondary Zone: Delete the respective secondary zone.

List of secondary zones