Rotate a DNS provider credential by replacing every connection that depends on it, verifying the new access, and then revoking the previous credential. The provider token belongs to the DNS management path. Rotating a reseller's Nabtech API key is a separate procedure.
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01 Prepare the dependency list
Record the provider account, all Domain Nexus server connections using it, scheduled jobs and other known applications. Note whether the provider allows overlapping credentials or regenerates a single existing key. A regeneration that immediately invalidates the old key needs a coordinated maintenance window.
02 Replace the credential
- Create the replacement through the provider's authenticated administration workflow with the intended scope, source-address restrictions and expiration.
- Store the new secret in your approved credential store. Preserve the account ID, project ID, region and other non-secret mapping that should stay attached to it.
- Edit each affected Domain Nexus server connection and replace the appropriate secret fields. Paired credentials must be updated as a coherent pair.
- Preserve a stable Shared provider account identifier when the quota pool is unchanged.
- Run a connection check, read an owned zone and perform one controlled temporary TXT change. Confirm background execution as well as browser-triggered access.
- After every dependent integration has been verified, revoke the old credential at the provider. Record the completed rotation and next review date.
What if the provider only has one key?
Prepare the complete dependency list before regenerating it. Apply the new key to each consumer promptly and expect management requests using the old value to fail until updated. Existing authoritative records are not normally removed merely because the management credential changes, but pending writes need their final outcomes reviewed.
What if the replacement works for fewer zones?
Check its resource scope and account identity. Do not respond by linking missing zones to another customer or replacing a restricted key with an unrestricted one without reviewing the intended access. Restore the correct scope or account mapping.
If a secret was exposed, revoke it under your incident procedure and examine provider and module change history. A normal scheduled rotation and an incident response have different urgency, but both need an accurate inventory of affected integrations.