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Unable to sync the DNS records via the CloudFlare extension for Plesk: Incorrect DNS Record parameter values were specified

kb: bug kb: fixed kb: technical

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux
  • Plesk for Windows

Symptoms

  • Importing the DNS zone from Cloudflare to Plesk through the DNS Integration for Cloudflare® extension results in the following warning:

    CONFIG_TEXT: TXT: Incorrect DNS Record parameter values were specified: ('displayVal' = 'v=spf1 mx -all', 'val' = 'v=spf1 mx -all'

  • The TXT record on the Cloudflare side is added within double quotes
  • The Plesk Migrator shows a warning that is similar to the following:

    CONFIG_TEXT: Execution of "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plesk\bin\dns.exe" --add example.com -txt ""v=spf1 include:example.net ~all"" -domain "" -ignore-nonexistent-options failed with return code 1.
    Stderr is
    Incorrect DNS Record parameter values were specified: ('displayVal' = '"v=spf1 include:example.net ~all"', 'val' = '"v=spf1 include:example.net ~all"')

Cause

Product issue:

  • #EXTPLESK-5352 "Importing DNS records no longer fails with the “Incorrect DNS Record parameter values were specified” error if a TXT record contains one or more double quote (“) characters."
    Fixed in:

Resolution

Please consider updating your server:

Workaround

If update is not possible for some reason you may try the following

workaround

In order to resolve the issue, update the DNS Integration for Cloudflare extension to its latest version by using the steps in this article:

How to manage Plesk extensions (install, disable, remove, update) - section Updating a Plesk extension

 

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