Azure DNS basics - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Azure DNS basics

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a simple website and want to manage its domain name using Azure DNS. This will help direct visitors to your website by translating the domain name into the website's IP address.

🎯 Goal: Build an Azure DNS zone and add a DNS record to point a domain name to an IP address.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create an Azure DNS zone named exactly example.com

Create a variable for the resource group name myResourceGroup

Add an A record named www with IP address 10.1.2.3

Complete the DNS zone configuration with the A record included

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Managing domain names and DNS records is essential for directing internet traffic to websites and services.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and administrators often configure DNS zones and records to ensure users can reach applications reliably.

1

Create the Azure DNS zone

Create an Azure DNS zone resource named dns_zone with the name example.com.

Azure

# Your code here to create dns_zone with name 'example.com'

Need a hint?

Use a dictionary with keys name and type to define the DNS zone.

2

Set the resource group name

Create a variable called resource_group and set it to the string myResourceGroup.

Azure

dns_zone = {
    "name": "example.com",
    "type": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones"
}
# Your code here to set resource_group to 'myResourceGroup'

Need a hint?

Assign the exact string myResourceGroup to the variable resource_group.

3

Add an A record to the DNS zone

Create a dictionary called a_record representing an A record with name set to www and ipv4_address set to 10.1.2.3.

Azure

dns_zone = {
    "name": "example.com",
    "type": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones"
}
resource_group = "myResourceGroup"
# Your code here to create a_record with name 'www' and ipv4_address '10.1.2.3'

Need a hint?

Use keys name, type, and ipv4_address in the dictionary.

4

Complete the DNS zone with the A record

Add the a_record inside the dns_zone dictionary under the key records as a list containing the single A record.

Azure

dns_zone = {
    "name": "example.com",
    "type": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones"
}
resource_group = "myResourceGroup"
a_record = {
    "name": "www",
    "type": "A",
    "ipv4_address": "10.1.2.3"
}
# Your code here to add 'records' key with a_record list to dns_zone

Need a hint?

Add a key records to dns_zone with a list containing a_record.