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title: "Creating A Record"
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<span style="color: #000000">An A (address) record is a DNS resource record that maps a domain name to an IPv4 address. To define a specific name-to-address mapping, you can add an A record to a previously defined authoritative forward-mapping zone. </span>

<span style="color: #000000">Complete the following:</span>

1. From the Infoblox Portal, click **Network > DNS **<span style="color: #000000">** **</span>**>**<span style="color: #000000">** Zones**</span>.
2. <span style="color: #000000">Click the DNS view. </span>
3. <span style="color: #000000">Click the zone.</span>
4. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Create **</span><span style="color: #000000">></span><span style="color: #000000">** Record **</span><span style="color: #000000">and select </span><span style="color: #000000">**A Record **</span><span style="color: #000000">from the drop-down list.</span>

<span style="color: #000000"> On the </span><span style="color: #000000">*Create A Record *</span><span style="color: #000000">page, specify the following </span>and click **Save & Close**:

> Macro (excerpt)
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> - <span style="color: #000000">**Name**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter a name. </span>
> - **Select Zone**: Select an associated zone from the column selector.
> - <span style="color: #000000">**IP Address**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter an IPv4 address.</span>
> - **Record Protection**: The record protection options are only displayed when you modify a resource record. <span style="color: #292a2e">The option to enable record protection is also only visible when you are the Global Admin or are a DDI Admin. </span>For detailed information about this feature, see *[DNS Record Protection](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BloxOneDDI/pages/2056815453)*. Choose one of the following options for the role-based access control:
>   - **None**: Choose this option if you do not want any protection for this record. If you choose this option, any user can modify this record.
>   - **Global Admin Only**: Only the Global Admin will be able to modify this record. If a DDI Admin or a non-admin views this record, the fields will be greyed out and they will not be able to modify this record.
>   - **DDI Admin Only**: Only the DDI Admin and the Global Admin will be able to modify this record. If a non-admin views this record, the fields will be greyed out and they will not be able to modify this record.
> - <span style="color: #000000">**Description**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter a descriptive comment about the A Record.</span>
> - <span style="color: #000000">**Create associated PTR record**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Select the check box to create an associated PTR record. </span>
>   - <span style="color: #000000">**Create A record only if PTR record is successfully created:**</span><span style="color: #000000"> Select this check box if you want to create an A record only if the PTR record is successfully created. If you select this check box, an A record will not be created if a PTR record creation is unsuccessful. </span>
> - <span style="color: #000000">**TTL**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter a numeric value and select Hours, Minutes, or Seconds from the drop-down.</span>
> - <span style="color: #000000">**Disable for DNS Protocol**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Click this check box to temporarily disable for DNS Protocol. </span>
> - <span style="color: #000000">**Tags**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Add**</span><span style="color: #000000"> to associate keys with values. Specify the following details:</span>
>   - <span style="color: #000000">**KEY**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter a meaningful name for the key, such as a location or a department. </span>
>   - <span style="color: #000000">**VALUE**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter a value for the key such as San Jose (for location), or Accounts (for department).   </span>
>   - <span style="color: #000000">To remove a tag, select the respective check box and click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Remove**</span><span style="color: #000000"> to delete the associated tag. For more information about tags, see </span><span style="color: #000000">*[Managing Tags](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BloxOneDDI/pages/186745865)*</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>