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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# pdns-tools
+# https://git.stack-source.com/msb/pdns-tools
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/pdns.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  echo "Associate zone in DNS with this server."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -z <zone> [-x] [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -z <zone>     Zone (domain name) to associate."
+  echo "  -x            Execute (force) - don't prompt for confirmation."
+}
+
+pdns:getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for zone
+if [[ -z $zone ]]; then
+  echo "zone is required"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# check if zone already assocated with this server
+zone_associated=$(/usr/local/bin/vdns-zone-ext.sh -z $zone)
+if [[ $zone_associated = "true" ]]; then
+  echo "Zone $zone already associated with this server."
+  exit
+fi
+
+# make sure zone exists in DNS
+zone_exists=$(/usr/local/sbin/pdns-zone-ext.sh -z $zone)
+if [[ $zone_exists = "true" ]]; then
+  # check if zone is already associated with any (a different) server
+  SEARCH=($(/usr/local/sbin/pdns-search.sh -q hostname=*/$zone -c))
+  # check for header row output, this indicates one or more results were found
+  if [[ "${SEARCH[0]}" = "content,name,object_type,type,zone,zone_id" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z $execute ]]; then
+      existing=$(echo ${SEARCH[1]}|cut -d , -f 1|cut -d = -f 2 |cut -d / -f 1)
+      echo Zone $zone is currently associated with server $existing
+      if pdns::yesno "Change $zone association to this server ($hostname)?"; then
+        # return newline
+        echo
+      else
+        echo
+        echo "Update canceled, zone association for $zone unchanged."
+        exit
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+  # get current SOA
+  soa=$(/usr/local/sbin/pdns-zone-exp.sh -z stack-source.com -c|grep ',SOA,'|cut -d , -f 5)
+  # get/set account
+  if [[ -z $account ]]; then
+    account=$hostname
+  fi
+  pdns-rr-rep.sh -z $zone -n $zone -t SOA -r "$soa" -w "hostname=$hostname/$zone" -a $account
+else
+  echo "Zone $zone does not exist in DNS."
+  exit
+fi