Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Updating a Secondary DNS Zone

Update the master server IP information for a secondary domain name service (DNS) zone.

Tip

For OCI to transfer data from a zone, the nameservers must accept a transfer request from the following IP addresses: 208.78.68.65, 204.13.249.65, 2600:2001:0:1::65, 2600:2003:0:1::65

Information such as zone name and type aren't editable after you create a zone.

To update zone records for a primary zone, see Changing DNS Zone Records.

For general information, see the DNS service overview

    1. Open the navigation menu  and select Networking. Under DNS management, select Zones.
    2. Under List scope, select the compartment that contains the zone.
    3. Select the name of the zone to open its details page.
      Tip

      You can use the Zone Type sort filter to sort zone type alphanumerically in ascending or descending order.
    4. Select Upstream servers.
    5. Select Manage upstream servers.
    6. Make the changes to the existing upstream server information.
    7. (Optional) Select Add additional server IP to add another server IP address.
    8. Select Submit.
      Tip

      For OCI to transfer data from the zone, the nameservers must accept a transfer request from the following IP addresses: 208.78.68.65, 204.13.249.65, 2600:2001:0:1::65, 2600:2003:0:1::65

  • Use the zone update command and required parameters to update the master server IP addresses of a secondary zone:

    oci dns zone update --zone-name-or-id zone_name or zone_OCID --external-masters  '[{"address":"new_external_server_ip"}]' ... [OPTIONS]

    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the UpdateZone operation to update the master server IP addresses for a secondary zone.