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.
202 Accepted
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.
200 OK
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.
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.
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.
202 Accepted
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.
200 OK
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.
200 OK
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.
200 Accepted
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.
200 OK
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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
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
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
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
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
errorMessage
string
Error message if any
primaryIp
string
Primary IP address
status
string
AXFR communication status
OK
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