How can I setup a PTR record, if I am not using Digital Ocean's DNS?

December 15, 2016 1.8k views
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russellvernon
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I have two droplets that I am using as primary and secondary DNS servers. I realize that the PTR records have to be controlled by Digital Ocean, but as I am not using the Digital Ocean dashboard to handle any DNS, it will not allow me to add PTR records. How can I add the PTR records to DOs Reverse DNS servers without setting up the forward zones? I dont want a conflict between my DNS servers and the DOs DNS servers.

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  • russellvernon December 15, 2016

    After changing the droplet name in the Digital Ocean Dashboard to a Fully Qualified Domain Name, the PTR records created themselves.

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ryanpq MOD December 22, 2016

This question was answered by @russellvernon:

After changing the droplet name in the Digital Ocean Dashboard to a Fully Qualified Domain Name, the PTR records created themselves.

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  • ryanpq MOD December 22, 2016

    This is correct. A PTR record is attached to the IP and points to a name so it is stored in the system which is authoritative for the IP address, not the one for the domain it points to.

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