How to add "@" A HOST record in PowerDNS?

Question

In a typical web host's online ZONE editor, you'd refer to your primary IP Address as @ and refer the www CNAME to that primary @ A HOST.

I am trying to set up my own MySQL backend PowerDNS server on Ubuntu 14.04 and whenever I use @ in an A HOST, it prints the following error:

Error: You have invalid characters in your hostname.

How do you refer to the primary IP Address in PowerDNS? Do you leave the record blank or is there a different way of going about it?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '14 at 13:01

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In PowerDNS, all names are fully qualified, but without a trailing dot. So, not www but www.example.com. Not @ or `` but example.com.

answered Aug 01 '14 at 13:01

Habbie

Thanks for posting this! The PowerDNS documentation doesn't exactly make this clear. – Aug 01 '14 at 23:45
If you have suggestions on how to improve, or what parts are confusing, please let us (PowerDNS) know! – Habbie Aug 02 '14 at 07:57

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