Create a Secondary DNS Zone

Prerequisite: Before creating a secondary DNS zone with IONOS Cloud DNS, ensure that the primary zone is capable of establishing a zone transfer with the secondary DNS server; this means port 53 is open for TCP and UDP connections.

To create a secondary zone on the IONOS Cloud DNS, follow this step:

• Perform a POST request to the /secondaryzones endpoint by providing the zoneName, description, and primaryIps for the IP address of the primary nameserver.

Note: For sending DNS notify messages, Cloud DNS uses following Anycast addresses: IPv4 212.227.123.25 or IPv6 2001:8d8:fe:53::5cd:25.

Result: On a successful POST request, you receive a response containing the secondary DNS zone UUID, Name Servers, primaryIps, and the request status.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--data '{
    "properties": {
        "zoneName": "example.com",
        "description": "This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS",
        "primaryIps": [
            "1.2.3.4",
            "5.6.7.8"
        ]
    }
}'

Response

202 Accepted

{
    "id": "a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c",
    "type": "secondaryzone",
    "href": "/secondaryzones/a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c",
    "metadata": {
        "createdDate": "2023-08-04T10:21:32+00:00",
        "lastModifiedDate": "2023-08-04T10:21:33+00:00",
        "nameservers": [
            "nscs.ui-dns.com",
            "nscs.ui-dns.de",
            "nscs.ui-dns.org",
            "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
        ],
        "state": "AVAILABLE"
    },
    "properties": {
        "description": "This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS",
        "primaryIps": [
            "1.2.3.4",
            "5.6.7.8"
        ],
        "zoneName": "example.com"
    }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the secondary zone	a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c
createdDate	string	Secondary zone creation timestamp	2023-08-04T10:21:32+00:00
lastModifiedDate	string	Secondary zone update timestamp	2023-08-04T10:21:33+00:00
nameservers	array	Name Servers assigned to the secondary zone	"nscs.ui-dns.com", "nscs.ui-dns.de", "nscs.ui-dns.org", "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
state	string	State of the secondary zone	AVAILABLE
description	string	Description of the secondary zone	This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS
primaryIps	array	IP addresses of the primary nameserver	"1.2.3.4" "5.6.7.8"
zoneName	string	Name of the secondary zone	example.com

Retrieve all secondary zones

To retrieve information about all the secondary zones, follow this step:

• Send a GET request to the /secondaryzones endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response containing all secondary DNS zones.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'

Response

200 OK

{
    "id": "0a85684c-2171-5a78-985a-a3999a0f5046",
    "type": "collection",
    "href": "/secondaryzones?limit=100&offset=0",
    "items": [
        {
            "id": "a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c",
            "type": "secondaryzone",
            "href": "/secondaryzones/a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c",
            "metadata": {
                "createdDate": "2023-08-04T13:14:28+00:00",
                "lastModifiedDate": "2023-08-04T13:14:28+00:00",
                "nameservers": [
                    "nscs.ui-dns.com",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.de",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.org",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
                ],
                "state": "AVAILABLE"
            },
            "properties": {
                "description": "This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS",
                "primaryIps": [
                    "1.2.3.4",
                    "5.6.7.8"
                ],
                "zoneName": "example.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "33085c93-425c-4909-9a5c-64ebf34dd9e9",
            "type": "secondaryzone",
            "href": "/secondaryzones/33085c93-425c-4909-9a5c-64ebf34dd9e9",
            "metadata": {
                "createdDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:32+00:00",
                "lastModifiedDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:32+00:00",                 
                "nameservers": [
                    "nscs.ui-dns.com",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.de",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.org",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
                ],
                "state": "AVAILABLE"
            },
            "properties": {
                "description": "This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS",
                "primaryIps": [
                    "1.2.3.4",
                    "5.6.7.8"
                ],
                "zoneName": "example.info"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fa4e179a-b1ab-4de5-ae38-48d5f02a605f",
            "type": "secondaryzone",
            "href": "/secondaryzones/fa4e179a-b1ab-4de5-ae38-48d5f02a605f",
            "metadata": {
                "createdDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:40+00:00",
                "lastModifiedDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:40+00:00",               
                "nameservers": [
                    "nscs.ui-dns.com",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.de",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.org",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
                ],                 
                "state": "AVAILABLE"
            },
            "properties": {
                "description": "This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS",
                "primaryIps": [
                    "1.2.3.4",
                    "5.6.7.8"
                ],
                "zoneName": "example.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
            "type": "secondaryzone",
            "href": "/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
            "metadata": {
                "createdDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00",
                "lastModifiedDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00",               
                "nameservers": [
                    "nscs.ui-dns.com",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.de",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.org",
                    "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
                ],                 
                "state": "AVAILABLE"
            },
            "properties": {
                "description": "This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS",
                "primaryIps": [
                    "1.2.3.4",
                    "5.6.7.8"
                ],
                "zoneName": "example.org"
            }
        }
    ],
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 100,
    "_links": {
        "self": "/secondaryzones?limit=100&offset=0",
        "next": "/secondaryzones?limit=100&offset=100"
    }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the secondary zone	04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1
createdDate	string	Secondary zone creation timestamp	2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00
lastModifiedDate	string	Secondary zone update timestamp	2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00
nameservers	array	Name Servers assigned to the secondary zone	"nscs.ui-dns.com", "nscs.ui-dns.de", "nscs.ui-dns.org", "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
state	string	State of the secondary zone	AVAILABLE
description	string	Description of the secondary zone	This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS
primaryIps	array	IP addresses of the primary nameserver	"1.2.3.4" "5.6.7.8"
zoneName	string	Name of the secondary zone	example.org

Retrieve a specific secondary zone information

To retrieve information about a specific secondary zone, follow this step:

• Send a GET request to the /secondaryzones/{secondaryzoneId} endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response containing the secondary DNS zone UUID, Name Servers, primaryIps, and secondary zone status.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'

Response

{
    "id": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
    "type": "secondaryzone",
    "href": "/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
    "metadata": {
        "createdDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00",
        "lastModifiedDate": "2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00",
        "nameservers": [
            "nscs.ui-dns.com",
            "nscs.ui-dns.de",
            "nscs.ui-dns.org",
            "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
        ],
        "state": "AVAILABLE"
    },
    "properties": {
        "description": "This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS",
        "primaryIps": [
            "1.2.3.4",
            "5.6.7.8"
        ],
        "zoneName": "example.org"
    }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the secondary zone	04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1
createdDate	string	Secondary zone creation timestamp	2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00
lastModifiedDate	string	Secondary zone update timestamp	2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00
nameservers	array	Name Servers assigned to the secondary zone	"nscs.ui-dns.com", "nscs.ui-dns.de", "nscs.ui-dns.org", "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
state	string	State of the secondary zone	AVAILABLE
description	string	Description of the secondary zone	This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS
primaryIps	array	IP addresses of the primary nameserver	"1.2.3.4" "5.6.7.8"
zoneName	string	Name of the secondary zone	example.org

Retrieve records for a specific secondary zone information

To retrieve records information about a specific secondary zone, follow this step:

• Send a GET request to the /secondaryzones/{secondaryzoneId}/records endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response containing the secondary DNS zone records information: status,content, type, priority, TTL and name.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1/records' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'

Response

{
    "id": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
    "type": "collection",
    "href": "/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1/records?limit=100&offset=0",
    "metadata": {
        "primaryIps": [
            "217.160.220.23"
        ]
    },
    "items": [
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "example.org hostmaster.example.org 2037070192 28800 7200 604800 600",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "SOA"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "ns.ui-global-dns.de",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "NS"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "ns.ui-global-dns.biz",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "NS"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "ns.ui-global-dns.com",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "NS"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "ns.ui-global-dns.org",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "NS"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "www.example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "127.0.0.1",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "www",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "A"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "www.example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "www",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "AAAA"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "record",
            "metadata": {
                "fqdn": "www2.example.org",
                "zoneId": "04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1",
                "rootName": "example.org"
            },
            "properties": {
                "content": "203.0.113.220",
                "enabled": true,
                "name": "www2",
                "priority": 0,
                "ttl": 3600,
                "type": "A"
            }
        }
    ],
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 100,
    "_links": {
        "self": "/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1/records?limit=100&offset=0",
        "next": "/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1/records?limit=100&offset=100"
    }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the secondary zone	04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1
createdDate	string	Secondary zone creation timestamp	2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00
lastModifiedDate	string	Secondary zone update timestamp	2023-08-04T13:15:46+00:00
nameservers	array	Name Servers assigned to the secondary zone	"nscs.ui-dns.com", "nscs.ui-dns.de", "nscs.ui-dns.org", "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
state	string	State of the request	AVAILABLE
description	string	Description of the secondary zone	This is a secondary zone created in IONOS Cloud DNS
primaryIps	array	IP addresses of the primary nameserver
zoneName	string	Name of the secondary zone	example.org
fqdn	string	Fully qualified domain name resulting from the record name and the zoneName	example.org
rootName	string	Root name of the secondary zone	example.org
content	string	Content of the secondary zone	example.org hostmaster.example.org 2037070192 28800 7200 604800 600
enabled	boolean	Status of the secondary zone	true
name	string	Name of the secondary zone	www
priority	integer	Priority of the secondary zone	0
ttl	integer	TTL of the secondary zone	3600
type	string	Type of a record in the secondary zone	SOA

Modify secondary zone

To modify the description of a secondary zone or update the IP addresses of its primary nameserver, follow this step:

• Send a PUT request to the /secondaryzones/{secondaryzoneId} endpoint.

Result: On a successful PUT request, you receive a response containing the secondary DNS zone metadata with the new updated properties.

Request

curl --location --request PUT 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones/04706207-a691-4710-902d-10acf5441bf1' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--data '{
    "properties": {
        "zoneName": "example.org",
        "description": "Changing description and primaryIps for secondary zone example.org",
        "primaryIps": [
            "5.6.8.7",
            "12.23.34.99"
        ]
    }
}'

Response

202 Accepted

{
    "id": "a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c",
    "type": "secondaryzone",
    "href": "/secondaryzones/a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c",
    "metadata": {
        "createdDate": "2023-08-04T10:21:32+00:00",
        "lastModifiedDate": "2023-08-10T09:32:29+00:00",
        "nameservers": [
            "nscs.ui-dns.com",
            "nscs.ui-dns.de",
            "nscs.ui-dns.org",
            "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
        ],
        "state": "AVAILABLE"
    },
    "properties": {
        "description": "Changing description and primaryIps for secondary zone example.com",
        "primaryIps": [
            "5.6.8.7",
            "12.23.34.99"
        ],
        "zoneName": "example.com"
    }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	UUID of the secondary zone	a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c
createdDate	string	Secondary zone creation timestamp	2023-08-04T10:21:32+00:00
lastModifiedDate	string	Secondary zone update timestamp	2023-08-10T09:32:29+00:00
nameservers	array	Name Servers assigned to the secondary zone	"nscs.ui-dns.com", "nscs.ui-dns.de", "nscs.ui-dns.org", "nscs.ui-dns.biz"
state	string	State of the request	AVAILABLE
description	string	Description of the secondary zone	Changing description and primaryIps for secondary zone example.com
primaryIps	array	IP addresses of the primary nameserver
zoneName	string	Name of the secondary zone	example.com

Initiate zone transfer to a secondary zone

Note: The creation of a secondary zone initiates zone transfer. In case of disrupted network connectivity at this time, you can initiate the zone transfer manually between the primary and secondary (i.e. secondary name server could not access primary nameserver on port 53) zones.

To initiate zone transfer from the primary zone to the secondary zone, follow this step:

• Send a PUT request to the /secondaryzones/{secondaryzoneId}/axfr endpoint.

Note: For sending DNS notify messages, Cloud DNS uses following Anycast addresses: IPv4 212.227.123.25 or IPv6 2001:8d8:fe:53::5cd:25.

Result: On a successful PUT request, you receive an HTTP response 200 OK.

Request

curl --location --request PUT 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones/a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c/axfr' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'

Response

200 OK

Check zone transfer status

To check zone transfer status, follow this step:

• Perform a GET request to /secondaryzones/{secondaryzoneId}/axfr endpoint.

Result: On a successful GET request, you receive a response for AXFR communication status for each of primaryIps.

Request

curl --location 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones/a1bc82de-4cc5-40ca-bfb3-4e93bd9a367c/axfr' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'

Response

200 OK

{
    "items": [
        {
            "errorMessage": "",
            "primaryIp": "5.6.8.7",
            "status": "OK"
        }
    ],
    "type": "collection"
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
errorMessage	string	Error message if any
primaryIp	string	Primary IP address
status	string	AXFR communication status	OK

Delete a secondary zone

To delete a secondary zone from the IONOS Cloud DNS, follow this step:

• Send a DELETE request to the /secondaryzones/{zoneId} endpoint.

Result: On a successful DELETE request, you receive an HTTP status 200 Accepted.

Request

curl --location --request DELETE 'https://dns.de-fra.ionos.com/secondaryzones/d8ff66f6-6777-42a8-b363-7f80b9105db4' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'

Response

200 Accepted

Quota

To retrieve the quota of secondary DNS zones, 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