3.12. Supported Record Types

Record Type Description

Examples

A Maps an IPV4 address to a domain

A Record : XML.

<record id="A-123" type="A" name="example.foo.com" data="123.456.78.9" ttl="86400"/>

A Record : JSON.

{ "id" : "A-123", "type" : "A", "name" : "example.foo.com", "data" : "123.456.78.9", "ttl" : 86400 }

AAAA Maps an IPV6 address to a domain

AAAA Record : XML.

<record id="AAAA-123" type="AAAA" name="example.foo.com" data="4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ab" ttl="86400"/>

AAAA Record : JSON.

{ "id" : "AAAA-123", "type" : "AAAA", "name" : "example.foo.com", "data" : "4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ab", "ttl" : 86400 }

CNAME Creates an alias for a domain

CNAME Record : XML.

<record id="CNAME-123" type="CNAME" name="www.example.foo.com" data="example.foo.com" ttl="86400"/>

CNAME Record : JSON.

{ "id" : "CNAME-123", "type" : "CNAME", "name" : "www.example.foo.com", "data" : "example.foo.com", "ttl" : 86400 }

MX Designates a domain's mail server

MX Record : XML.

<record id="MX-123" priority="10" type="MX" name="example.foo.com" data="mail.example.foo.com" ttl="3600"/>

MX Record : JSON.

{ "id" : "MX-123", "priority" : 10, "type" : "MX", "name" : "example.foo.com", "data" : "mail.example.foo.com", "ttl" : 3600 }

NS Designates a domain's authoritative name server

NS Record : XML.

<record id="NS-123" type="NS" name="example.foo.com" data="ns1.foo.com" ttl="54000"/>

NS Record : JSON.

{ "id" : "NS-123", "type" : "NS" "name" : "example.foo.com", "data" : "ns1.foo.com", "ttl" : 54000 }

TXT Arbitrary text for a domain record

TXT Record : XML.

<record id="TXT-123" type="TXT" name="example.foo.com" data="Some example text" ttl="3600"/>

TXT Record : JSON.

{ "id" : "TXT-123", "type" : "TXT", "name" : "example.foo.com", "data" : "Some example text", "ttl" : 3600 }

	Notes
	`DKIM` and `SPF` records are supported using `TXT` records with appropriately formatted data fields. Invalid quote and slash characters are automatically removed from TXT records by the DNS Service.

SRV General service locator record for a domain

SRV Record : XML.

<record id="SRV-123" type="SRV" name="_sip._tcp.example.foo.com" priority="30" data="1 3443 sip.foo.com" ttl="86400"/>

SRV Record : JSON.

{ "id" : "SRV-123", "type" : "SRV", "name" : "_sip._tcp.example.foo.com", "priority" : 30, "data" : "1 3443 sip.foo.com", "ttl" : 86400 }