Cloud DNS for domain management in GCP - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a new managed zone in Cloud DNS.

GCP

gcloud dns managed-zones create [1] --dns-name="example.com." --description="My zone"

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Aexample-zone

Bmy-zone

Czone1

Ddns-zone

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Common Mistakes

Using the domain name with dots instead of a simple zone name.

Leaving the zone name empty.

The managed zone name should be a unique identifier like example-zone.

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medium

Complete the code to add an A record to the managed zone.

GCP

gcloud dns record-sets transaction start --zone=[1]

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Amy-zone

Bexample-zone

Czone1

Ddns-zone

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Common Mistakes

Using the domain name instead of the zone name.

Using a zone name that does not exist.

You must specify the correct managed zone name where the record will be added.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to add an A record for www.example.com pointing to 1.2.3.4.

GCP

gcloud dns record-sets transaction add 1.2.3.4 --name=[1] --ttl=300 --type=A --zone=example-zone

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Aexample.com

Bwww.example.com

Cexample.com.

Dwww.example.com.

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Common Mistakes

Omitting the trailing dot in the DNS name.

Using the domain name without 'www'.

The DNS name must end with a dot to indicate it is a fully qualified domain name.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the commands to describe the pending transaction and then execute it.

GCP

gcloud dns record-sets transaction [1] --zone=example-zone

gcloud dns record-sets transaction [2] --zone=example-zone

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Aexecute

Bstart

Cdescribe

Dabort

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Common Mistakes

Using 'start' or 'abort' instead of 'execute' to apply changes.

Confusing the order of commands.

First, describe the transaction to preview changes, then execute to apply them.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a TXT record for domain verification.

GCP

gcloud dns record-sets transaction add "[1]" --name=[2] --ttl=[3] --type=TXT --zone=example-zone

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Agoogle-site-verification=abc123

Bexample.com.

C300

Dwww.example.com.

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the TXT value.

Omitting the trailing dot in the domain name.

Using an incorrect TTL value.

The TXT record value must be quoted, the name must be the domain with a trailing dot, and TTL is usually 300 seconds.