WHM api 1 addzonerecord do not work when domain is not on same server

kjg

• December 31, 2015 05:36

Hi all, I am using the WHM API 1 to do a lot of things and was now also going to start using it for DNS changes instead of WHM API 0. Works fine as long as the domain is hosted (is an account) on the same server as the nameserver, but unfortunately that is not the case for us. We have a number of domains in our cPanel nameservers that are not hosted on same server as the nameserver. It works fine with addzonerecord in WHM API 0 but not in WHM API 1 I get the following reply when trying to use addzonerecord with api.version = 1 :
[version] => 1 [reason] => API failure: This system does not have a domain named "domainxyz.com". [result] => 0 [command] => addzonerecord
The domain I test is in the nameserver on the server I am running the query on and dumpzone works fine in both WHM API 0 and WHM API 1, but addzonerecord works only in WHM API 0 Any help on how to get around this odd limitation would be very much appreciated since I want to get rid of all old WHM API 0 calls. // kjg

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 31, 2015 14:55

  Hello :) To clarify, do you mean the domain name is added to the DNS cluster and the zone is in the /var/named directory, but there's no cPanel account for it on the local server? Thank you.

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  kjg

  • December 31, 2015 15:18

  Hello :) To clarify, do you mean the domain name is added to the DNS cluster and the zone is in the /var/named directory, but there's no cPanel account for it on the local server? Thank you.

  
  Exactly. The domain name is in the nameserver (so it is in /var/named/thedomain.db) and can be edited via WHM Edit Zone functionality or via WHM API 0 but not via WHM API 1. There is no cPanel account for the domain on the local (nameserver) server.

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  kjg

  • January 05, 2016 15:54

  Just to update, the same problem exists also for getzonerecord and editzonerecord. They all give the same error when the domain is not an account on the server where the nameserver is located:
  API failure: This system does not have a domain named "existingdomain.com"
  Can't find any way around this and really want to skip all API 0 calls when I rewrite a lot of stuff. Any suggestion would be very much appreciated // kjg

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  kjg

  • January 26, 2016 09:53

  Hi Michael Can you confirm this? Is it a bug that I should report, or is it just me ... Thank you.

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 02, 2016 23:42

  Upon further investigation, this behavior is by design. Allowing this behavior is considered a security flaw because it would permit unauthorized zone modifications. CPANEL-2323 is open to determine the best method of restoring this behavior. Thank you.

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