SoftLayer_Dns_Domain

The SoftLayer_Dns_Domain data type represents a single DNS domain record hosted on the SoftLayer nameservers. Domains contain general information about the domain name such as name and serial. Individual records such as A, AAAA, CTYPE, and MX records are stored in the domain’s associated SoftLayer_Dns_Domain_ResourceRecord records.

Local

id

A domain record’s internal identifier.
Type: integer

name

A domain’s name including top-level domain, for example “example.com”.
Type: string

serial

A unique number denoting the latest revision of a domain. Whenever a domain is changed its corresponding serial number is also changed. Serial numbers typically follow the format yyyymmdd## where yyyy is the current year, mm is the current month, dd is the current day of the month, and ## is the number of the revision for that day. A domain’s serial number is automatically updated when edited via the API.
Type: integer

updateDate

The date that this domain record was last updated.
Type: dateTime

Relational

account

The SoftLayer customer account that owns a domain.
Type: SoftLayer_Account

managedResourceFlag

A flag indicating that the dns domain record is a managed resource.
Type: boolean

resourceRecords

The individual records contained within a domain record. These include but are not limited to A, AAAA, MX, CTYPE, SPF and TXT records.
Type: SoftLayer_Dns_Domain_ResourceRecord[]

secondary

The secondary DNS record that defines this domain as being managed through zone transfers.
Type: SoftLayer_Dns_Secondary

soaResourceRecord

The start of authority (SOA) record contains authoritative and propagation details for a DNS zone. This property is not considered in requests to createObject and editObject.
Type: SoftLayer_Dns_Domain_ResourceRecord_SoaType

Count

resourceRecordCount

A count of the individual records contained within a domain record. These include but are not limited to A, AAAA, MX, CTYPE, SPF and TXT records.
Type: unsigned long

Datatypes