8장. Using Ansible to manage DNS records in IdM

This is a basic map for a host name and an IPv4 address. The record name of an A record is a host name, such as www. The IP Address value of an A record is an IPv4 address, such as 192.0.2.1.

For more information about A records, see RFC 1035.

This is a basic map for a host name and an IPv6 address. The record name of an AAAA record is a host name, such as www. The IP Address value is an IPv6 address, such as 2001:DB8::1111.

For more information about AAAA records, see RFC 3596.

Service (SRV) resource records map service names to the DNS name of the server that is providing that particular service. For example, this record type can map a service like an LDAP directory to the server which manages it.

The record name of an SRV record has the format _service._protocol, such as _ldap._tcp. The configuration options for SRV records include priority, weight, port number, and host name for the target service.

For more information about SRV records, see RFC 2782.

A pointer record (PTR) adds a reverse DNS record, which maps an IP address to a domain name.

The record name of a PTR must be in the standard format specified in RFC 1035, extended in RFC 2317, and RFC 3596. The host name value must be a canonical host name of the host for which you want to create the record.