Chapter 7. Managing DNS records in IdM

Procedure

1. In the IdM Web UI, click Network Services DNS DNS Zones.
2. Click the DNS zone to which you want to add a DNS record.

3. In the DNS Resource Records section, click Add to add a new record.

   Adding a New DNS Resource Record

   

4. Select the type of record to create and fill out the other fields as required.

   Defining a New DNS Resource Record

   
5. Click Add to confirm the new record.

Procedure

1. To add a DNS resource record, use the ipa dnsrecord-add command. The command follows this syntax:

   $ ipa dnsrecord-add zone_name record_name --record_type_option=data

   In the command above:

   • The zone_name is the name of the DNS zone to which the record is being added.
   • The record_name is an identifier for the new DNS resource record.

   For example, to add an A type DNS record of host1 to the idm.example.com zone, enter:

   $ ipa dnsrecord-add idm.example.com host1 --a-rec=192.168.122.123

Procedure

1. In the IdM Web UI, click Network Services DNS DNS Zones.
2. Click the zone from which you want to delete a DNS record, for example example.com..

3. In the DNS Resource Records section, click the name of the resource record.

   Selecting a DNS Resource Record

   
4. Select the check box by the name of the record type to delete.

5. Click Delete.

   Deleting a DNS Resource Record

   

   The selected record type is now deleted. The other configuration of the resource record is left intact.

Procedure

1. In the IdM Web UI, click Network Services DNS DNS Zones.
2. Click the zone from which you want to delete a DNS record, for example zone.example.com..
3. In the DNS Resource Records section, select the check box of the resource record to delete.

4. Click Delete.

   Deleting an Entire Resource Record

   

   The entire resource record is now deleted.