Create Peer

POST/accounts/{account_id}/secondary_dns/peers

Create Peer.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Account Settings Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

name: string

The name of the peer.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional Peer { id, name, ip, 3 more }

id: string

name: string

The name of the peer.

ip: optional string

IPv4/IPv6 address of primary or secondary nameserver, depending on what zone this peer is linked to. For primary zones this IP defines the IP of the secondary nameserver Cloudflare will NOTIFY upon zone changes. For secondary zones this IP defines the IP of the primary nameserver Cloudflare will send AXFR/IXFR requests to.

ixfr_enable: optional boolean

Enable IXFR transfer protocol, default is AXFR. Only applicable to secondary zones.

port: optional number

DNS port of primary or secondary nameserver, depending on what zone this peer is linked to.

tsig_id: optional string

TSIG authentication will be used for zone transfer if configured.

Create Peer

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/secondary_dns/peers \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "name": "my-peer-1"
        }'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "23ff594956f20c2a721606e94745a8aa",
    "name": "my-peer-1",
    "ip": "192.0.2.53",
    "ixfr_enable": false,
    "port": 53,
    "tsig_id": "69cd1e104af3e6ed3cb344f263fd0d5a"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "23ff594956f20c2a721606e94745a8aa",
    "name": "my-peer-1",
    "ip": "192.0.2.53",
    "ixfr_enable": false,
    "port": 53,
    "tsig_id": "69cd1e104af3e6ed3cb344f263fd0d5a"
  }
}