Create and Manage a Reverse DNS Record

Notes:

• Only contract administrators, owners, and users with accessAndManageDns privilege can create and manage DNS zones and DNS records via the API. You can also set User privileges in the DCD.

• Sub-users can create Reverse DNS records only if the user group they belong to has access to the concerned IP block. For more information, see Add users to a group.

• Cloud DNS API supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for Reverse DNS records.

• For more information about IPv6 configuration in the DCD see IPv6 Configuration.

Prerequisites

• You need an IONOS Cloud account with API credentials configured with the appropriate permissions.

• Before creating a Reverse DNS record, you must create an A record for the IP address you want to use for the reverse DNS record. For more information, see Create a DNS Record.

To create a Reverse DNS Record with Cloud DNS API, follow this step:

• Perform a POST request with name, a description of reverse DNS record (optional), and the IP.

Note:

• The IPv4 address must be from a reserved IP range. To reserve an IPv4 address, in the DCD go to the Menu > Management > IP Management. Enter a name and the number of IPv4 addresses, and select a region where you want your IPv4 addresses to be reserved. Select Reserve IP to reserve the IPv4 address, and confirm the reservation by pressing OK.

• To use an IPv6 address for a reverse DNS record, it needs to belong to any of the /56 IPv6 blocks assigned to the VDC and have a prefix length of /128, that is, 2001:db8:1234:5678::1/128 and belongs to a 2001:db8:1234:5678::/56 block. For more information, see IPv6 Configuration.

Result: On a successful POST request, you receive a response containing the reverse DNS record UUID, type, href, metadata, properties of your reverse DNS record, name, description, and IP address.

Request

curl --location \  
--request POST  'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/reverserecords' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
      "properties": {
        "name": "mail.example.com",
        "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
        "ip": "192.0.2.2"
  }
}'

Response

200 Successful operation

{
  "id": "e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3",
  "type": "reverserecord",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "lastModifiedDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "createdDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "mail.example.com",
    "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
    "ip": "192.0.2.2"
  }
}

Create an IPv6 reverse DNS record

To create an IPv6 reverse DNS record, perform a POST request to the /reverserecords endpoint with an IPv6 address in the request body.

Request

curl --location \
--request POST 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/reverserecords' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
      "properties": {
        "name": "mail.example.com",
        "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
        "ip": "2001:0db8::1"
  }
}'

Response

200 Successful operation

{
  "id": "e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3",
  "type": "reverserecord",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "lastModifiedDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "createdDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "mail.example.com",
    "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
    "ip": "2001:0db8::1"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the newly created reverse DNS record	2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f
createdDate	string	Reverse DNS record creation timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
lastModifiedDate	string	Reverse DNS record update timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
name	string	Name of the reverse DNS record	mail.example.com
description	string	Description of the reverse DNS record	The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com
ip	string	IP address of the reverse DNS record	192.0.2.2 or 2001:0db8::1
type	string	Type of the reverse DNS record	reverserecord
href	string	URL to the reverse DNS record

Retrieve all reverse DNS records

To retrieve all reverse DNS records, perform a GET request to the /reverserecords endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response containing all reverse DNS records.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/reverserecords' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'

Response

200 Successful operation

{
  "type": "collection",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3",
      "type": "reverserecord",
      "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
      "metadata": {
        "lastModifiedDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
        "createdDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "mail.example.com",
        "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
        "ip": "192.0.2.2"
      }
    }
  ],
  "offset": 0,
  "limit": 1000,
  "_links": {
    "prev": "http://PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI",
    "self": "http://THIS-PAGE-URI",
    "next": "http://NEXT-PAGE-URI"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the reverse DNS record	2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f
createdDate	string	Reverse DNS record creation timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
lastModifiedDate	string	Reverse DNS record update timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
name	string	Name of the reverse DNS record	mail.example.com
description	string	Description of the reverse DNS record	The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com
ip	string	IP address of the reverse DNS record	192.0.2.2 or 2001:0db8::1
type	string	Type of the reverse DNS record	reverserecord
href	string	URL to the reverse DNS record

Retrieve a reverse DNS record

To retrieve a reverse DNS record, perform a GET request to the /reverserecords/{id} endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response containing the reverse DNS record UUID, type, href, metadata, and properties of your reverse DNS record, name, description, and IP.

Request

curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/reverserecords/e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'

Response

200 Successful operation

{
  "id": "e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3",
  "type": "reverserecord",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "lastModifiedDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "createdDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "mail.example.com",
    "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
    "ip": "192.0.2.2"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the reverse DNS record	2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f
createdDate	string	Reverse DNS record creation timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
lastModifiedDate	string	Reverse DNS record update timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
name	string	Name of the reverse DNS record	mail.example.com
description	string	Description of the reverse DNS record	The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com
ip	string	IP address of the reverse DNS record
type	string	Type of the reverse DNS record	reverserecord
href	string	URL to the reverse DNS record

Modify a reverse DNS record

To modify a reverse DNS record, perform a PUT request to the /reverserecords/{id} endpoint.

Result: On a successful PUT request, you receive a response containing the reverse DNS record UUID, type, href, metadata, and properties of your reverse DNS record, name, description, and IP.

Request

curl -X 'PUT' \
  'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/reverserecords/e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "properties": {
    "name": "mail.example.com",
    "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
    "ip": "192.0.2.3"
  }
}'

Response

200 Successful operation

{
  "id": "e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3",
  "type": "reverserecord",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "lastModifiedDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z",
    "createdDate": "2022-08-21T15:52:53Z"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "mail.example.com",
    "description": "The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com",
    "ip": "192.0.2.3"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the reverse DNS record	2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f
createdDate	string	Reverse DNS record creation timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
lastModifiedDate	string	Reverse DNS record update timestamp	2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
name	string	Name of the reverse DNS record	mail.example.com
description	string	Description of the reverse DNS record	The reverse DNS record is used for mail.example.com
ip	string	IP address of the reverse DNS record	192.0.2.3
type	string	Type of the reverse DNS record	reverserecord
href	string	URL to the reverse DNS record

Delete a reverse DNS record

To delete a reverse DNS record, perform a DELETE request to the /reverserecords/{id} endpoint.

Result: On a successful DELETE request, you receive a HTTP response 202 Successful operation.

Request

curl -X 'DELETE' \
  'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/reverserecords/e74d0d15-f567-4b7b-9069-26ee1f93bae3' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'

Response

202 Successful operation

Quota

To retrieve the quota of reverse DNS records, perform a GET request to the /quota endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response containing the quota limits and quota usage for your contract.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/quota' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'

Response

200 OK

{
  "quotaLimits": {
    "records": 100000,
    "reverseRecords": 5000,
    "secondaryZones": 100000,
    "zones": 50000
  },
  "quotaUsage": {
    "records": 9,
    "reverseRecords": 1,
    "secondaryZones": 6,
    "zones": 5
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
records	string	Number of DNS records	100000
reverseRecords	string	Number of reverse DNS records	5000
secondaryZones	string	Number of secondary DNS zones	100000
zones	string	Number of DNS zones	50000
records	string	Number of DNS records used	9
reverseRecords	string	Number of reverse DNS records used	1
secondaryZones	string	Number of secondary DNS zones used	6
zones	string	Number of DNS zones used	5