DNS Zones & Templates

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DNS Zones

Infrastructure → DNS Zones lists every logical zone (one row per zone). The Cluster column shows the per‑DNS‑server deploy state, so you can see at a glance that a zone is live on every nameserver. A Redeploy action re‑pushes the zone.

Because zones are logical and replicated, the module gives you an active‑active nameserver cluster — the same zone is served identically by every attached DNS node.

DNS Zone Templates

Infrastructure → DNS Zone Templates holds the record sets used when a new zone is created. You can mark one Default, add more, or Seed from file.

Open a template to edit its records. Placeholders are substituted at provisioning time — {domain}, {server_ip}, {mail_server_ip}, {mail_server_hostname}, {ns1}…{ns8}, {domainkey} (DKIM), {client_id}, {service_id}, {year}, {unixtime}.

The shipped Default template is a complete, modern web + mail record set:

• NS @ → {ns1} / {ns2}
• A @ → {server_ip}, CNAME www / ftp
• CAA for Let's Encrypt (issue / issuewild / iodef)
• A mail → {mail_server_ip}, CNAME webmail, MX @
• TXT SPF, DMARC, DKIM (mail._domainkey → {domainkey}), TLS‑RPT
• MTA‑STS (mta-sts CNAME + _mta-sts TXT), autodiscover/autoconfig

A record that references an empty placeholder (e.g. {domainkey} when DKIM isn't ready) is simply skipped — so partial state never produces broken records.