Add DNS Express Zones for All Zones in named.conf

Problem this snippet solves:

Here's a little command to add DNS Express Zones for all the zones in named.conf via tmsh. This has changed in 11.6 and possible 11.5 The syntax in 11.6 is: tmsh ltm dns create zone name dns-express-enabled no

How to use this snippet:

Login via bash:

[root@bigip1:Active] config # egrep zone /var/named/config/named.conf
    zone "f5se.com." {
    zone "dc-r-d.platarc.glbdns.example.com." {
    zone "0.70.10.in-addr.arpa." {

Regex Note: Have to remove the trailing root domain “.”

Test Regex:

[root@bigip1:Active] config # for i in `egrep zone /var/named/config/named.conf | sed -e 's/.*\"\(.*\)\.\".*/\1/g'`; do echo "tmsh create ltm dns dns-express zone $i transfer-target 172.24.0.1"; done
tmsh create ltm dns dns-express zone f5se.com transfer-target 172.24.0.1
tmsh create ltm dns dns-express zone dc-r-d.platarc.glbdns.example.com transfer-target 172.24.0.1
tmsh create ltm dns dns-express zone 0.70.10.in-addr.arpa transfer-target 172.24.0.1

To actually create the zones:

[root@bigip1:Active] config # for i in `egrep zone /var/named/config/named.conf | sed -e 's/.*\"\(.*\)\.\".*/\1/g'`; do echo "creating dns-express-zone $i"; tmsh create ltm dns dns-express zone $i transfer-target 172.24.0.1; done
creating dns-express-zone f5se.com
creating dns-express-zone dc-r-d.platarc.glbdns.example.com
creating dns-express-zone 0.70.10.in-addr.arpa

To do the same in 11.5.x as DNS Express zones are now just DNS Zones:

[root@bigip1:Active] config # for i in `egrep zone /var/named/config/named.conf | sed -e 's/.*\"\(.*\)\.\".*/\1/g'`; do echo "Creating dns zone $i"; tmsh create ltm dns zone $i dns-express-server 172.24.0.1; done

If pointing to local bind, just replace target ip "172.24.0.1" with localhost "127.0.0.1". In 11.5.x you need to define the nameserver you're transfering from before you can create the DNS zone.

Code :

# see above