Updated on 2022-08-16 GMT+08:00

Adding a PTR Record

Scenarios

You can create PTR records to map private IP addresses to private domain names.

For details about other record set types, see Record Set Types and Configuration Rules.

Constraints

  • You can create PTR records only in private zones.
  • PTR records take effect only in a private zone whose domain name suffix is in-addr.arpa.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. In the service list, choose Network > Domain Name Service.

    The DNS console is displayed.

  1. In the navigation pane, choose Private Zones.

    The Private Zones page is displayed.

  2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  3. Click the zone name.
  4. Click Add Record Set.

    The Add Record Set dialog box is displayed.

  1. Set required parameters based on Table 1.
    Table 1 Parameters for adding a PTR record

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Name

    Name of the PTR record

    10.1.168

    For example, if the IP address is 192.168.1.10, the domain name in the PTR record is 10.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.

    • If the private zone name is 192.in-addr.arpa, enter 10.1.168 in the box.
    • If the private zone name is 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa, enter 10 in the box.

    Type

    Type of the record set

    If a message is displayed indicating that the record set you are trying to create exists, the record set conflicts with an existing record set.

    PTR – Map IP addresses to domains

    TTL (s)

    Cache duration of the record set on a local DNS server, in seconds.

    The value ranges from 300 to 2147483647, and the default is 300.

    If your service address changes frequently, set TTL to a smaller value.

    The default value is 300s, which is, 5 minutes.

    Value

    Private domain name mapped to the private IP address. You can enter only one domain name.

    host.example.com.

    Tag

    (Optional) Identifier of the record set.

    Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add a maximum of 10 tags to a record set. This parameter is displayed when you expand More Settings.

    For details about tag key and value requirements, see Table 2.

    example_key1

    example_value1

    Description

    (Optional) Supplementary information about the record set.

    You can enter a maximum of 255 characters.

    -

    Table 2 Tag key and value requirements

    Parameter

    Requirements

    Example Value

    Key

    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Must be unique for each resource.
    • Can contain a maximum of 36 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space or contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    example_key1

    Value

    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Can contain a maximum of 43 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space or contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    example_value1

  2. Click OK.
  3. Switch back to the Record Sets page.

    View the added record set in the record set list of the zone and ensure that the status of the record set is Normal.