UCS 2.4 - Univention

’Alias’ tab
Canonical name (*)
4.5 Univention Directory Manager modules
The canonical name of the computer that the alias should point to, entered as a fully qualified domain
name with a full stop at the end or a relative domain name.
The canonical name is the name which was entered in the Hostname input field on the host object.
If the host object was created automatically when adding a computer, the value is the same as the
computer name entered at the time.
4.5.9.3 Host record
Additional information about a computer and its configuration can be defined in a host record. It must
always be assigned to a forward lookup zone and can therefore only be added to a forward lookup zone or
a subordinate container.
Attention:
When adding or editing a computer a host record can be created automatically or edited.
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Hostname (*)
The FQDN with a full stop at the end or the relative domain name of the name server. The notes on
computer names (Chapter 4.5.4) must be observed.
IP Address
A host record assigns an Ipv4 address to a DNS name. This entry creates such a record for the
current host.
Zone Time-to-Live
The time to live specifies how long these files may be cached by other DNS servers. The preset value
is three hours.
’IP addresses’ tab
Further IP addresses for the computer (and further A records) can be entered and removed here.
IP Address
Additional IP addresses where the computer can be reached.
Attention:
In this variant, all IP addresses are assigned to the same canonical name. If each IP address should
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