DnsServerConditionalForwarder

DnsServerConditionalForwarder

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Ensure	Write	String	Ensure whether the zone is absent or present.	Present, Absent
Name	Key	String	The name of the zone to manage.
MasterServers	Write	StringArray[]	The IP addresses the forwarder should use. Mandatory if Ensure is present.
ReplicationScope	Write	String	Whether the conditional forwarder should be replicated in AD, and the scope of that replication. Default is None.	None, Custom, Domain, Forest, Legacy
DirectoryPartitionName	Write	String	The name of the directory partition to use when the ReplicationScope is Custom. This value is ignored for all other replication scopes.
ZoneType	Read	String	The zone type

Description

The DnsServerConditionalForwarder DSC resource manages a conditional forwarder on a Domain Name System (DNS) server.

You can manage the master servers, forwarder time-out, recursion, recursion scope, and directory partition name for a conditional forwarder zone.

Examples

Example 1

This configuration will manage a DNS server conditional forwarder

Configuration DnsServerConditionalForwarder_config
{
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'DnsServerDsc'

    Node localhost
    {
        DnsServerConditionalForwarder 'Forwarder1'
        {
            Name             = 'London'
            MasterServers    = @('10.0.1.10', '10.0.2.10')
            ReplicationScope = 'Forest'
            Ensure           = 'Present'
        }
    }
}