Cloning a DNS record

By cloning a record, you reduce the time that is spent on creating a DNS record and you make sure that a new record has the same information as the original record.

Before you begin

  • Make sure that the zones and the record that you want to use are already created.
  • Make sure that your user or team permissions allow you to manage the zones that you want to use.

About this task

Cloning a DNS record duplicates all the information of an existing record: the answers, time to live (TTL), metadata, and any Filter Chain. In addition, you can place the record in either a subdomain of the original zone or you can place the record in another zone. For example, if you are testing a record and want to put it into production, you can clone the test record and change the domain name.

Unlike a linked record, the cloned record isn’t updated if the original record is updated.

You can clone a record from either a primary or a secondary zone, but only to a primary zone.

Procedure

  1. Click DNS > Zones.
  2. Click the name of the zone that contains the record that you want to clone.
    To locate a zone, you can use the filter options to narrow the zone list by the zone name, the tag, the type of zone, or the type of network.
  3. Choose the record to clone:
    To locate a record, you can use the filter options to narrow the record list by the domain name, the tag, the type of record, or the type of network.
    • To clone a record from a primary zone, click the overflow menu of the record that you want to clone and select Clone record.
    • To clone a record from a secondary zone, click the record and from the Actions menu, select Clone record.
  4. Configure the domain name of the record and choose the zone for the record:
    To......do the following...
    Clone the record to a subdomain with the same zone
    1. In the first field, type a subdomain.
    2. Click Save record.
    Clone the record to a different zone
    1. In the second field, start to type the name of an existing primary zone and select the zone that you want to clone the record to.
    2. To add a subdomain to the zone, in the first field, type the name of the subdomain.
    3. Click Save record.
    IBM® NS1 Connect® adds the cloned record in alphabetical order to the zone.