Creating a PTR Record

Function

Create a PTR record for an elastic IP address (EIP).

Note

The same URI is used to create, modify, and delete PTR records. Different request bodies are used to implement different functions.

URI

PATCH /v2/reverse/floatingips/{region}:{floatingip_id}

For details, see Table 1.

Table 1 Parameters in the URI

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

region

Yes

String

Region of the tenant.

floatingip_id

Yes

String

EIP ID

Request

  • Parameter description

    Table 2 Parameters in the request

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    ptrdname

    Yes

    String

    Domain name of the PTR record

    A domain name is case insensitive. Uppercase letters will also be converted into lowercase letters.

    description

    No

    String

    PTR record description

    The value is left blank by default.

    ttl

    No

    Integer

    PTR record cache duration (in seconds) on a local DNS server. The longer the duration is, the slower the update takes effect.

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

    The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647.

    The default value is 300.

    tags

    No

    Array of object

    Resource tag. For details, see Table 3.

    The value is left blank by default.

    Table 3 Description of the tags field

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    key

    Yes

    String

    Tag key

    A key can contain up to 36 Unicode characters. key must be specified. It can contain only digits, letters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and at signs (@).

    value

    No

    String

    Tag value

    Each value can contain up to 43 Unicode characters and can be an empty string.

  • Example request

    Create a PTR record for the EIP whose ID is c5504932-bf23-4171-b655-b87a6bc59334:

    PATCH https://{DNS_Endpoint}/v2/reverse/floatingips/region_id:c5504932-bf23-4171-b655-b87a6bc59334
    
    {
        "ptrdname": "www.example.com",
        "description": "Description for this PTR record",
        "ttl": 300,
        "tags": [
            {
              "key": "key1",
              "value": "value1"
            }
        ]
    }
    

Response

  • Parameter description

    Table 4 Parameters in the response

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    id

    String

    PTR record ID, which is in {region}:{floatingip_id} format

    ptrdname

    String

    Domain name of the PTR record

    description

    String

    PTR record description

    ttl

    Integer

    PTR record cache duration (in seconds) on a local DNS server. The longer the duration is, the slower the update takes effect.

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

    The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647.

    The default value is 300.

    address

    String

    EIP

    status

    String

    Resource status

    For details, see Resource Status.

    action

    String

    Requested operation on the resource

    The value can be CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE, or NONE.

    NONE indicates that no operation will be performed.

    links

    Object

    Link to the current resource or other related resources.

    When a response is broken into pages, a next link is provided to retrieve all results. For details, see Table 5.

    Table 5 Parameters in the links field

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    self

    String

    Link to the current resource

    next

    String

    Link to the next page

  • Example response

    {
        "id": "region_id:c5504932-bf23-4171-b655-b87a6bc59334",
        "ptrdname": "www.example.com.",
        "description": "Description for this PTR record",
        "address": "10.154.52.138",
        "action": "CREATE",
        "ttl": 300,
        "status": "PENDING_CREATE",
        "links": {
            "self": "https://Endpoint/v2/reverse/floatingips/region_id:c5504932-bf23-4171-b655-b87a6bc59334"
        }
    }
    

Returned Value

If a 2xx status code is returned, for example, 200, 202, or 204, the request is successful.

For details, see Status Code.