# ionoscloud\_dns\_reverse\_records

The **DNS Reverse Records** can be used to search for and return existing DNS Reverse Records. Multiple matches will be returned.

> ⚠️ Only tokens are accepted for authorization in the **ionoscloud\_dns\_reverse\_records** data source. Please ensure you are using tokens as other methods will not be valid.

## Example Usage

### By name

```hcl
data "ionoscloud_dns_reverse_records" "example" {
  name = "recordexample"
}
```

### By name with partial match

```hcl
data "ionoscloud_dns_reverse_records" "example" {
  name = "record"
  partial_match = true
}
```

### By IPs

```hcl
data "ionoscloud_dns_reverse_records" "example" {
  ips = ["exampleIP1", "exampleIP2"]
}
```

## Argument reference

* `name` - (Optional)\[string] The name of the DNS Reverse Record you want to search for.
* `ips` - (Optional)\[list of string] The IPs of the DNS Reverse Records you want to search for.
* `partial_match` - (Optional)\[bool] Whether partial matching is allowed or not when using name argument. Default value is false.

## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are returned by the datasource:

* `reverse_records` list of
  * `id` - The UUID of the DNS Reverse Record.
  * `name` - The reverse DNS record name.
  * `ip` - Specifies for which IP address the reverse record should be created. The IP addresses needs to be owned by the contract.
  * `description` - Description stored along with the reverse DNS record to describe its usage.