Create, modify, and delete zones (original) (raw)

This page provides directions for creating, updating, listing, and deleting Cloud DNS managed zones. Before you use this page, familiarize yourself with the Cloud DNS overview andKey terms.

Permissions required for this task

To perform this task, you must have been granted the following permissions_or_ the following IAM roles.

Permissions

Roles

Before you begin

The Cloud DNS API requires that you create a Cloud DNS project and enable the Cloud DNS API.

If you are creating an application that uses the REST API, you must also create an OAuth 2.0 client ID.

  1. If you don't already have one, sign up for a Google Account.
  2. Enable the Cloud DNS API in the Google Cloud console. You can choose an existing Compute Engine or App Engine project, or you can create a new project.
  3. If you need to make requests to the REST API, you need to create an OAuth 2.0 ID. SeeSetting up OAuth 2.0.
  4. In the project, note the following information that you need to input in later steps:
    • The client ID (xxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com).
    • The project ID that you want to use. You can find the ID at the top of the Overview page in the Google Cloud console. You can also ask your user to provide the project name that they want to use in your app.

If you have not run the Google Cloud CLI previously, you must run the following command to specify the project name and authenticate with the Google Cloud console:

gcloud auth login

If you want to run a gcloud command on Google Cloud resources in another project, specify the --project option for this command and for the other gcloud commands throughout this page.

Create managed zones

Each managed zone that you create is associated with aGoogle Cloud project. The following sections describe how to create the type of managed zone that Cloud DNS supports.

Create a public zone

To create a new managed zone, complete the following steps.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Create a DNS zone page.
    Go to Create a DNS zone
  2. For the Zone type, select Public.
  3. Enter a Zone name such as my-new-zone.
  4. Enter a DNS name suffix for the zone using a domain name that you own. All records in the zone share this suffix, for example:example.com.
  5. Under DNSSEC, select Off, On, or Transfer. For more information, seeEnable DNSSEC for existing managed zones.
  6. Click Create. The Zone details page is displayed.

gcloud

Run thedns managed-zones createcommand:

gcloud dns managed-zones create NAME
--description=DESCRIPTION
--dns-name=DNS_SUFFIX
--labels=LABELS
--visibility=public

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Terraform

API

Send a POST request using themanagedZones.createmethod:

POST https://dns.googleapis.com/dns/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/managedZones { "name": "NAME", "description": "DESCRIPTION", "dnsName": "DNS_NAME", "visibility": "public" }

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Create a private zone

To create a new managed private zone with private DNS records managed by Cloud DNS, complete the following steps. For more information, see Best practices for Cloud DNS private zones.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Create a DNS zone page.
    Go to Create a DNS zone
  2. For the Zone type, select Private.
  3. Enter a Zone name such as my-new-zone.
  4. Enter a DNS name suffix for the private zone. All records in the zone share this suffix, for example: example.private.
  5. Optional: Add a description.
  6. Under Options, select Default (private).
  7. Select the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks to which the private zone must be visible. Only the VPC networks that you select are authorized to query records in the zone.
  8. Click Create.

gcloud

Run thedns managed-zones createcommand:

gcloud dns managed-zones create NAME
--description=DESCRIPTION
--dns-name=DNS_SUFFIX
--networks=VPC_NETWORK_LIST
--labels=LABELS
--visibility=private

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Terraform

API

Send a POST request using themanagedZones.create method:

POST https://dns.googleapis.com/dns/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/managedZones {

"name": "NAME", "description": "DESCRIPTION", "dnsName": "DNS_NAME", "visibility": "private", "privateVisibilityConfig": { "kind": "dns#managedZonePrivateVisibilityConfig", "networks": [ { "kind": "dns#managedZonePrivateVisibilityConfigNetwork", "networkUrl": "VPC_NETWORK_1" }, { "kind": "dns#managedZonePrivateVisibilityConfigNetwork", "networkUrl": "VPC_NETWORK_2" }, .... ] } }

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Create a zone with specific IAM permissions

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) permission for individual resource managed zone lets you set up specific read, write, or administrator permissions for different managed zones under the same project.

For instructions about how to create a zone with specific Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions, see Create a zone with specific IAM permissions.

Create a Service Directory DNS zone

You can create a Service Directory zone that allows your Google Cloud-based services to query your Service Directory namespace through DNS.

For detailed instructions about how to create a Service Directory DNS zone, seeConfiguring a Service Directory DNS zone.

For instructions about how to use DNS to query your Service Directory, seeQuerying using DNS.

Create a managed reverse lookup private zone

A managed reverse lookup zone is a private zone with a special attribute that instructs Cloud DNS to perform a PTR lookup against Compute Engine DNS data. You must set up managed reverse lookup zones for Cloud DNS to correctly resolve non-RFC 1918 PTR records for your virtual machine (VM) instances.

For instructions on how to create a new managed reverse lookup private zone, see Create a managed reverse lookup zone.

Create a forwarding zone

Forwarding zones let you target name servers for specific private zones. For instructions on how to create a new managed private forwarding zone, see Create a forwarding zone.

Create a peering zone

DNS peering lets you send requests for records that come from one zone's namespace to another VPC network. For instructions on how to create a peering zone, see Create a peering zone.

Create a cross-project binding zone

Create a managed private zone that can be bound to a network that is owned by a different project within the same organization. For instructions on how to create a cross-project binding zone, see Cross-project binding zones.

Update managed zones

Cloud DNS lets you modify certain attributes of your managed public or managed private zone.

Update public zones

You can change the description orDNSSEC configuration of a public zone.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page.
    Go to Cloud DNS zones
  2. Click the public zone that you want to update.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. To change DNSSEC settings, under DNSSEC, selectOff, On, or Transfer. For more information, seeEnabling DNSSEC for existing managed zones.
  5. Optional: Update the description.
  6. Click Save.

gcloud

Run thedns managed-zones updatecommand:

gcloud dns managed-zones update NAME
--description=DESCRIPTION
--dnssec-state=STATE

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Update private zones

You can modify the VPC networks to which a private zone is visible.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page.
    Go to Cloud DNS zones
  2. Click the private zone that you want to update.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Select the VPC networks to which the private zone must be visible. Only the selected VPC networks are authorized to query records in the zone.
  5. Click Save.

gcloud

Run thedns managed-zones updatecommand:

gcloud dns managed-zones update NAME
--description=DESCRIPTION
--networks=VPC_NETWORK_LIST

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Update labels

To add new, change existing, remove selected, or clear all labels on a managed zone, complete the following steps.

gcloud

Run thedns managed-zones updatecommand:

gcloud dns managed-zones update NAME
--update-labels=LABELS

gcloud dns managed-zones update NAME
--remove-labels=LABELS

gcloud dns managed-zones update NAME
--clear-labels

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List and describe managed zones

The following sections show how to list or describe a managed zone.

List managed zones

To list all of your managed zones within a project, complete the following steps.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page.
    Go to Cloud DNS zones
  2. View managed zones in the right pane.

gcloud

Run thedns managed-zones listcommand:

gcloud dns managed-zones list

To list all managed zones, modify the command as follows:

gcloud dns managed-zones list --filter="visibility=public"

To list all managed private zones, modify the command as follows:

gcloud dns managed-zones list --filter="visibility=private"

Describe a managed zone

To view the attributes of a managed zone, complete the following steps.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page.
    Go to Cloud DNS zones
  2. Click the zone that you want to inspect.

gcloud

Run thedns managed-zones describecommand:

gcloud dns managed-zones describe NAME

Replace NAME with the name of your zone.

Delete a managed zone

When you delete a zone, its DNS records are permanently removed; they cannot be recovered. To prevent losing your DNS records, export your zone data before deletion. For information about how to export zone data, see Import and export resource record sets.

To delete a managed zone, complete the following steps.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud DNS zones page.
    Go to Cloud DNS zones
  2. Click the managed zone that you want to delete.
  3. Click Delete zone.

gcloud

  1. Remove all records in the zone except for the SOA and NS records. For more information, seeRemoving a record. You can quickly empty an entire zone by importing an empty file into a record set. For more information, see Importing and exporting record sets. For example:
    touch empty-file
    gcloud dns record-sets import -z NAME \
    --delete-all-existing \
    empty-file
    rm empty-file
    Replace NAME with the name of your zone.
  2. To delete a new managed private zone, run the dns managed-zones delete command:
    gcloud dns managed-zones delete NAME
    Replace NAME with the name of your zone.

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