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PowerDNS Web UI edits records as PowerDNS RRsets. An RRset is the combination of record name, type, TTL, and one or more values.

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Supported types

Supported record types:
  • A
  • AAAA
  • ALIAS
  • CAA
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • NS
  • PTR
  • SOA
  • SRV
  • TXT

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Multi-value records

For record types that commonly have several values, add each value as part of the same RRset instead of creating duplicate name/type rows. Examples:
  • Multiple A records for round-robin IPv4 answers
  • Multiple AAAA records for IPv6 answers
  • Multiple NS records for delegation
  • Multiple TXT strings for verification records

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Relative and absolute names

Use @ for the zone apex. Use a relative name such as www for a record under the current zone. The UI will resolve it against the zone name. Use a trailing dot for a fully qualified name:

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ALIAS records

PowerDNS Authoritative serves ALIAS records only when alias expansion is configured. For PowerDNS 5.1, configure a resolver that does not point back to the authoritative server itself:
PowerDNS Web UI treats ALIAS as an apex-only record and accepts exactly one target per RRset. Use:
as the record name, and one fully qualified target:

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SOA records

The UI displays SOA records, but they are special records controlled by PowerDNS zone behavior. For serial update behavior, use zone metadata such as SOA-EDIT and SOA-EDIT-API.