dnscontrol/docs/examples.md

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# Examples

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## Typical DNS Records

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D('example.com', REG, DnsProvider('GCLOUD'),
    A('@', '1.2.3.4'),  // The naked or 'apex' domain.
    A('server1', '2.3.4.5'),
    AAAA('wide', '2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334'),
    CNAME('www', 'server1'),
    CNAME('another', 'service.mycloud.com.'),
    MX('mail', 10, 'mailserver'),
    MX('mail', 20, 'mailqueue'),
    TXT('the', 'message'),
    NS('delegated', 'ns1.dnsexample.com.'),
    NS('delegated', 'ns2.dnsexample.com.')
)

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## Set a specific TTL for a record

{% highlight javascript %}
    A('one', '1.2.3.4', TTL(400)),
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## Variables for common IP Addresses

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var addrA = IP("1.2.3.4")

D("example.com", REG, DnsProvider("R53"),
    A("@", addrA), //1.2.3.4
    A("www", addrA + 1), //1.2.3.5
)
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## Variables to swap active Data Center

{% highlight javascript %}

var dcA = IP("5.5.5.5");
var dcB = IP("6.6.6.6");

// switch to dcB to failover
var activeDC = dcA;

D("example.com", REG, DnsProvider("R53"),
    A("@", activeDC + 5), // fixed address based on activeDC
)
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## Macro to group repeated records

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var GOOGLE_APPS_DOMAIN_MX = [
    MX('@', 1, 'aspmx.l.google.com.'),
    MX('@', 5, 'alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.'),
    MX('@', 5, 'alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.'),
    MX('@', 10, 'alt3.aspmx.l.google.com.'),
    MX('@', 10, 'alt4.aspmx.l.google.com.'),
]

D("example.com", REG, DnsProvider("R53"),
   GOOGLE_APPS_DOMAIN_MX,
   A("@", "1.2.3.4")
)
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## Dual DNS Providers

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D("example.com", REG, DnsProvider("R53"), DnsProvider("GCLOUD"),
   A("@", "1.2.3.4")
)

// above zone uses 8 NS records total (4 from each provider dynamically gathered)
// below zone will only take 2 from each for a total of 4. May be better for performance reasons.

D("example2.com", REG, DnsProvider("R53",2), DnsProvider("GCLOUD",2),
   A("@", "1.2.3.4")
)

// or set a Provider as a non-authoritative backup (don't register its nameservers)
D("example3.com", REG, DnsProvider("R53"), DnsProvider("GCLOUD",0),
   A("@", "1.2.3.4")
)

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