> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://pdns-webui.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Records

> Manage DNS RRsets and supported record types.

PowerDNS Web UI edits records as PowerDNS RRsets.

An RRset is the combination of record name, type, TTL, and one or more values.

## Supported types

Supported record types:

* `A`
* `AAAA`
* `ALIAS`
* `CAA`
* `CNAME`
* `MX`
* `NS`
* `PTR`
* `SOA`
* `SRV`
* `TXT`

## 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

## 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:

```text theme={null}
target.example.net.
```

## 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:

```ini theme={null}
resolver=[::1]:5300
expand-alias=yes
```

PowerDNS Web UI treats `ALIAS` as an apex-only record and accepts exactly one
target per RRset.

Use:

```text theme={null}
@
```

as the record name, and one fully qualified target:

```text theme={null}
target.example.net.
```

## 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`.