Note: Only contract administrators, owners, and users with "accessAndManageDns" privilege can create and manage DNS zones and DNS records via API. You can also set User privileges in the DCD.
Prerequisite: You need an IONOS Cloud account with API credentials configured with the appropriate permissions.
To create a DNS zone with Cloud DNS API, follow this step:
Perform a POST request with the domain or subdomain, a description of your DNS zone (optional), and the DNS zone status (enable), true or false.
Result: On a successful POST request, you receive a response containing the DNS zone UUID, Name Servers, and the request status.
202 Successful operation
To retrieve the quota of 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.
200 OK
| Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
id
string
UUID of the newly created DNS zone
2a4428b3-dbe0-4357-9c02-609025b3a40f
createdDate
string
DNS zone creation timestamp
2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
lastModifiedDate
string
DNS zone update timestamp
2023-03-15T09:58:59.147746133Z
nameservers
array
Name Servers assigned to the DNS zone
"ns-ic.ui-dns.com", "ns-ic.ui-dns.de", "ns-ic.ui-dns.org", "ns-ic.ui-dns.biz"
state
string
State of the request
CREATED
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