dme_record

Provides a DNSMadeEasy record resource.

Example Usage

# Add an A record to the domain
resource "dme_record" "www" {
  domainid    = "123456"
  name        = "www"
  type        = "A"
  value       = "192.168.1.1"
  ttl         = 3600
  gtdLocation = "DEFAULT"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• domainid - (String, Required) The domain id to add the record to
• name - (Required) The name of the record type - (Required) The type of
• the record value - (Required) The value of the record; its usage will depend on the type (see below)
• ttl - (Integer, Optional) The TTL of the record gtdLocation - (String, Optional) The GTD Location of the record on Global Traffic Director enabled domains; Unless GTD is enabled this should either be omitted or set to "DEFAULT"

Additional arguments are listed below under DNS Record Types.

DNS Record Types

The type of record being created affects the interpretation of the value argument; also, some additional arguments are required for some record types. http://help.dnsmadeeasy.com/tutorials/managed-dns/ has more information.

A Record

• value is the hostname

CNAME Record

• value is the alias name

ANAME Record

• value is the aname target

MX Record

• value is the server
• mxLevel (Integer, Required) is the MX level

HTTPRED Record

• value is the URL
• hardLink (Boolean, Optional) If true, any request that is made for this record will have the path removed after the fully qualified domain name portion of the requested URL
• redirectType (Required) One of 'Hidden Frame Masked', 'Standard 301', or 'Standard 302'
• title (Optional) If set, the hidden iframe that is used in conjunction with the Hidden Frame Masked Redirect Type will have the HTML meta description data field set to the value of this field
• keywords (Optional) If set, the hidden iframe that is used in conjunction with the Hidden Frame Masked Redirect Type will have the HTML meta keywords data field set to the value of this field
• description (Optional) A human-readable description.

TXT Record

• value is free form text

SPF Record

• value is the SPF definition of hosts allowed to send email

PTR Record

• value is the reverse DNS for the host

NS Record

• value is the host name of the server

AAAA Record

• value is the IPv6 address

SRV Record

• value is the host
• priority (Integer, Required). Acts the same way as MX Level
• weight (Integer, Required). Hits will be assigned proportionately by weight
• port (Integer, Required). The actual port of the service offered

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• name - The name of the record
• type - The type of the record
• value - The value of the record type (see below)
• ttl - The TTL of the record
• gtdLocation - The GTD Location of the record on GTD enabled domains

Additional fields may also be exported by some record types - see DNS Record Types.

Record Type Examples

Following are examples of using each of the record types.

# Provide your API and Secret Keys, and whether the sandbox
# is being used (defaults to false)
provider "dme" {
  akey       = "aaaaaa1a-11a1-1aa1-a101-11a1a11aa1aa"
  skey       = "11a0a11a-a1a1-111a-a11a-a11110a11111"
  usesandbox = true
}

# A Record
resource "dme_record" "testa" {
  domainid    = "123456"
  name        = "testa"
  type        = "A"
  value       = "1.1.1.1"
  ttl         = 1000
  gtdLocation = "DEFAULT"
}

# CNAME record
resource "dme_record" "testcname" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testcname"
  type     = "CNAME"
  value    = "foo"
  ttl      = 1000
}

# ANAME record
resource "dme_record" "testaname" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testaname"
  type     = "ANAME"
  value    = "foo"
  ttl      = 1000
}

# MX record
resource "dme_record" "testmx" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testmx"
  type     = "MX"
  value    = "foo"
  mxLevel  = 10
  ttl      = 1000
}

# HTTPRED
resource "dme_record" "testhttpred" {
  domainid     = "123456"
  name         = "testhttpred"
  type         = "HTTPRED"
  value        = "https://github.com/soniah/terraform-provider-dme"
  hardLink     = true
  redirectType = "Hidden Frame Masked"
  title        = "An Example"
  keywords     = "terraform example"
  description  = "This is a description"
  ttl          = 2000
}

# TXT record
resource "dme_record" "testtxt" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testtxt"
  type     = "TXT"
  value    = "foo"
  ttl      = 1000
}

# SPF record
resource "dme_record" "testspf" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testspf"
  type     = "SPF"
  value    = "foo"
  ttl      = 1000
}

# PTR record
resource "dme_record" "testptr" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testptr"
  type     = "PTR"
  value    = "foo"
  ttl      = 1000
}

# NS record
resource "dme_record" "testns" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testns"
  type     = "NS"
  value    = "foo"
  ttl      = 1000
}

# AAAA record
resource "dme_record" "testaaaa" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testaaaa"
  type     = "AAAA"
  value    = "FE80::0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329"
  ttl      = 1000
}

# SRV record
resource "dme_record" "testsrv" {
  domainid = "123456"
  name     = "testsrv"
  type     = "SRV"
  value    = "foo"
  priority = 10
  weight   = 20
  port     = 30
  ttl      = 1000
}