record:rpz:ptr : Response Policy Zone Substitute PTR Record Rule object.

An RPZ Substitute (PTR Record) Rule object represents a Pointer (PTR) resource record. To define a specific address-to-name mapping, add an RPZ Substitute (PTR Record) Rule to a previously defined Response Policy Zone.

This record represents the substitution rule for DNS PTR records.

Object Reference

References to record:rpz:ptr are object references. The name part of an Substitute (PTR Record) Rule object reference has the following components:

  • Name of the record

  • Name of the view

Example: record:rpz:ptr/ZG5zLmJpsaG9zdA:1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/external

Restrictions

The object does not support the following operations:

  • Permissions

The object cannot be managed on Cloud Platform members.

Fields

These fields are actual members of the object; thus, they can be requested by using _return_fields, if the fields are readable.

The basic version of the object contains the field(s): ptrdname, view.

The following fields are required to create this object:

Field

Notes

ipv4addr

The field is required only for an IPv4 PTR object.

ipv6addr

The field is required only for an IPv6 PTR object.

name

See the field description for more information

ptrdname

rp_zone

comment

comment

The comment for the record; maximum 256 characters.

Type

String.

Values with leading or trailing white space are not valid for this field.

Create

The default value is empty.

Search

The field is available for search via

  • ‘~=’ (regular expression)

  • ‘=’ (exact equality)

  • ‘:=’ (case insensitive search)

disable

disable

Determines if the record is disabled or not. False means that the record is enabled.

Type

Bool.

Create

The default value is False.

Search

The field is not available for search.

extattrs

extattrs

Extensible attributes associated with the object.

For valid values for extensible attributes, see the following information.

Type

Extensible attributes.

This field allows +/- to be specified as part of the field name when updating the object, see the following information.

Create

The default value is empty.

Search

For how to search extensible attributes, see the following information.

ipv4addr

ipv4addr

The IPv4 Address of the substitute rule.

Type

String.

Create

The field is required only for an IPv4 PTR object.

Search

The field is available for search via

  • ‘~=’ (regular expression)

  • ‘=’ (exact equality)

ipv6addr

ipv6addr

The IPv6 Address of the substitute rule.

Type

String.

Create

The field is required only for an IPv6 PTR object.

Search

The field is available for search via

  • ‘~=’ (regular expression)

  • ‘=’ (exact equality)

name

name

The name of the RPZ Substitute (PTR Record) Rule object in FQDN format.

Type

String.

Values with leading or trailing white space are not valid for this field.

Create

The field is required only for an PTR object in Forward Mapping Zone.

Search

The field is available for search via

  • ‘~=’ (regular expression)

  • ‘=’ (exact equality)

  • ‘:=’ (case insensitive search)

ptrdname

ptrdname

The domain name of the RPZ Substitute (PTR Record) Rule object in FQDN format.

Type

String.

Values with leading or trailing white space are not valid for this field.

Create

The field is required on creation.

Search

The field is available for search via

  • ‘~=’ (regular expression)

  • ‘=’ (exact equality)

  • ‘:=’ (case insensitive search)

Notes

The ptrdname is part of the base object.

rp_zone

rp_zone

The name of a response policy zone in which the record resides.

Type

String.

Create

The field is required on creation.

Search

The field is not available for search.

ttl

ttl

The Time To Live (TTL) value for record. A 32-bit unsigned integer that represents the duration, in seconds, for which the record is valid (cached). Zero indicates that the record should not be cached.

Type

Unsigned integer.

Create

The default value is empty.

Search

The field is not available for search.

Notes

ttl is associated with the field use_ttl (see use flag).

use_ttl

use_ttl

Use flag for: ttl

Type

Bool.

Create

The default value is False.

Search

The field is not available for search.

view

view

The name of the DNS View in which the record resides. Example: “external”.

Type

String.

Values with leading or trailing white space are not valid for this field.

Create

The default value is The default DNS view.

Search

The field is available for search via

  • ‘=’ (exact equality)

Notes

The view is part of the base object.

zone

zone

The name of the zone in which the record resides. Example: “zone.com”. If a view is not specified when searching by zone, the default view is used.

Type

String.

Values with leading or trailing white space are not valid for this field.

Search

The field is available for search via

  • ‘=’ (exact equality)

Notes

The zone cannot be updated.

zone cannot be written.

Fields List

Field

Type

Req

R/O

Base

Search

comment

String

N

N

N

: = ~

disable

Bool

N

N

N

N/A

extattrs

Extattr

N

N

N

ext

ipv4addr

String

Y*

N

N

= ~

ipv6addr

String

Y*

N

N

= ~

name

String

Y*

N

N

: = ~

ptrdname

String

Y

N

Y

: = ~

rp_zone

String

Y

N

N

N/A

ttl

Unsigned int

N

N

N

N/A

use_ttl

Bool

N

N

N

N/A

view

String

N

N

Y

=

zone

String

N

Y

N

=

* Required in some cases, see detailed field description above.