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Managing DNS Records

DNS records define how your domain resolves to IP addresses and other resources.

Overview

DNS records are included in zone creation requests. bindcar supports all common DNS record types used in BIND9 zones.

Record Structure

All DNS records share a common structure:

{
  "name": "@",           // Record name (@ for zone apex)
  "type": "A",           // Record type
  "value": "192.0.2.1",  // Record value
  "ttl": 3600            // Optional: override zone TTL
}

Fields

  • name (required): The record name relative to the zone
  • @ - Zone apex (example.com)
  • www - Subdomain (www.example.com)

  • mail - Another subdomain (mail.example.com)

  • type (required): The DNS record type

  • See DNS Record Types for full list

  • value (required): The record data

  • Format depends on record type

  • ttl (optional): Time-to-live in seconds

  • Overrides zone default TTL

  • If omitted, uses zone TTL

  • priority (optional): For MX and SRV records

  • Lower values have higher priority

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