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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
Bias Types:
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powershell_heavy
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missing_linux_example
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windows_tools
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windows_first
Summary:
The documentation exclusively uses Azure PowerShell cmdlets for all DNS record creation and management examples, and demonstrates DNS record validation using nslookup in a Windows PowerShell context. There are no CLI, Bash, or Linux-native examples provided, nor are cross-platform tools or commands mentioned. The workflow assumes a Windows environment and does not address Linux or macOS users.
Recommendations:
- Provide equivalent Azure CLI (az) commands for all DNS record operations alongside PowerShell examples.
- Include Linux/macOS-friendly instructions for DNS validation, such as using dig or host commands, in addition to nslookup.
- Explicitly mention that the steps can be performed on any OS, and clarify which tools are cross-platform.
- Consider reordering or parallelizing examples so that Linux/macOS and Windows users see relevant instructions at the same level of prominence.
- Add a section or callout for using Azure Cloud Shell, which supports both Bash and PowerShell, to emphasize cross-platform accessibility.
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Flagged Code Snippets
set-AzWebApp `
-Name contoso `
-ResourceGroupName <your web app resource group> `
-HostNames @("contoso.com","www.contoso.com","contoso.azurewebsites.net")
New-AzDnsRecordSet -Name "@" -RecordType "A" -ZoneName "contoso.com" `
-ResourceGroupName "MyAzureResourceGroup" -Ttl 600 `
-DnsRecords (New-AzDnsRecordConfig -IPv4Address "<ip of web app service>")
New-AzDnsRecordSet -ZoneName contoso.com -ResourceGroupName MyAzureResourceGroup `
-Name "@" -RecordType "txt" -Ttl 600 `
-DnsRecords (New-AzDnsRecordConfig -Value "contoso.azurewebsites.net")
New-AzDnsRecordSet -ZoneName contoso.com -ResourceGroupName "MyAzureResourceGroup" `
-Name "www" -RecordType "CNAME" -Ttl 600 `
-DnsRecords (New-AzDnsRecordConfig -cname "contoso.azurewebsites.net")
PS C:\> nslookup
Default Server: Default
Address: 192.168.0.1
> www.contoso.com
Server: default server
Address: 192.168.0.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: <instance of web app service>.cloudapp.net
Address: <ip of web app service>
Aliases: www.contoso.com
contoso.azurewebsites.net
<instance of web app service>.vip.azurewebsites.windows.net
> contoso.com
Server: default server
Address: 192.168.0.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: contoso.com
Address: <ip of web app service>
> set type=txt
> contoso.com
Server: default server
Address: 192.168.0.1
Non-authoritative answer:
contoso.com text =
"contoso.azurewebsites.net"