How to add a reverse DNS zone and record in IdM / IPA?
Issue
- How can one add a reverse DNS zone and record in IdM / IPA using the web UI or the command line utility?
- The web UI have a field description for "Reverse zone IP network:" that can be confusing to understand and use, with a blocking error message "Not a valid network address" preventing to understand what is the exact format of use. How to achieve this ?
- We can not add a reverse zone through the command line, the following error is received:
ipa: ERROR: invalid 'name': only letters, numbers, and - are allowed. DNS label may not start or end with -
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- IPA
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