[Pdns-users] zone templates

[Fabian A. Santiago]

July 5, 2017 4:26 PM, "Fabian A. Santiago" <fsantiago at garbage-juice.com> wrote:

> July 5, 2017 4:18 PM, "Thiago Farina" <tfransosi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Fabian A. Santiago <fsantiago at garbage-juice.com> wrote:
>>> What is the proper way to go about creating zone templates? Using Authoritative server 4.x.
>>> 
>>> poweradmin does it but they don't seem to work well. is it a function of what that tool did or does
>>> pdns simply not like templates?
>> 
>> Could you share what didn't work well?
>> 
>> --Thiago Farina
> 
> when i last tried using the poweradmin template feature, it seemed to successfully create the zone
> with the appropriate records but when said zone was opened later via the command line (pdnsutil
> edit-zone), the editor, upon closing out of the zone, complained of syntax errors that i had to fix
> manually. i'd have to re-try it to determine the exact nature of the issue(s) i witnessed. standby.
> 
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Fabian S.
> 
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thinking back now, i seem to remember the issues revolving around txt records, such as dkim or spf, with lots of spaces, potentially special characters, etc.., that should be encased in "" and that not being properly handled by the template. 

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Thanks,

Fabian S.

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