[Pdns-users] Glue records

[Pieter Lexis]

Hello Jan,

On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 14:54:04 +0200
Jan Groenewald <jan at aims.ac.za> wrote:
> I have NS entry like
> 
> 1068 dc=aims.ac.za,ou=dns,dc=aims,dc=ac,dc=za
> associatedDomain: aims.ac.za
> dc: aims.ac.za
> objectClass: dNSDomain2
> objectClass: domainRelatedObject
> mXRecord: 1 aspmx.l.google.com.
> mXRecord: 10 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
> mXRecord: 10 aspmx3.googlemail.com.
> mXRecord: 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
> mXRecord: 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
> sPFRecord: "v=spf1 ip4:196.21.91.0/24 mx include:_spf.google.com -all"
> tXTRecord: "v=spf1 ip4:196.21.91.0/24 mx include:_spf.google.com -all"
> sOARecord: ns1.aims.ac.za hostmaster at aims.ac.za 0 3600 7200 2419200 86400
> nSRecord: hippo.ru.ac.za.
> nSRecord: ns1.aims.ac.za.
> nSRecord: ns2.aims.ac.za.
> nSRecord: ns3.aims.ac.za.
> 
> I can't figure out how to (i.e. find where is the documentation) add glue
> records to that. Can anyone assist? I want to serve the ADDITIONAL SECTION
> with IPs for the nameservers.

You'll need to add aRecord and/or aAAARecord entries for the *.aims.ac.za. nSRecords. PowerDNS will pick those up and stuff these into the Additional section. See the documentation[1] for the syntax of the aRecord.

Best regards,

Pieter

1 - https://doc.powerdns.com/md/authoritative/backend-ldap/#basic-objects

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Pieter Lexis
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