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Overview

The openstack zone and openstack recordset command groups manage authoritative DNS zones and all record types.
Prerequisites
  • CLI installed and authenticated — see CLI Setup
  • Python designateclient installed: pip install python-designateclient

Zones

openstack zone list

Record Sets

openstack recordset list example.com.

PTR Records (Reverse DNS)

openstack ptr record set \
  --description "Web server" \
  --ttl 300 \
  RegionOne:$(openstack floating ip show <fip> -c id -f value) \
  web.example.com.

Zone Transfers

openstack zone transfer request create example.com.

Next Steps

Create Zone Guide

Step-by-step guide to creating DNS zones and records

Reverse DNS Guide

Configure PTR records for floating IPs