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Route53 - Error while creating TXT type dns record (powershell)

I'm using Powershell to create a TXT record using sample code from AWS documentation

$change = New-Object Amazon.Route53.Model.Change
$change.Action = "CREATE"
$change.ResourceRecordSet = New-Object Amazon.Route53.Model.ResourceRecordSet
$change.ResourceRecordSet.Name = "<domain name provided>"
$change.ResourceRecordSet.Type = "TXT"
$change.ResourceRecordSet.TTL = 600
$change.ResourceRecordSet.ResourceRecords.Add(@{Value="item 1 item 2 item 3"})

$params = @{
HostedZoneId="<Zone ID provided>"
ChangeBatch_Comment="Test"
ChangeBatch_Change=$change
}

Edit-R53ResourceRecordSet @params

Above code gives the error - "Edit-R53ResourceRecordSet : [Invalid Resource Record: 'FATAL problem: InvalidCharacterString (Value should be enclosed in quotation marks) encountered with 'item 1 item 2 item 3'']"

If I try to create an A type record with an IP (Value=IP address) with the same code, it works fine.

Solution

  • The documentation seems to indicate you need inline quotation marks around each record value, so you'll want to do something like:

    $change.ResourceRecordSet.ResourceRecords.Add(@{Value='"item 1 item 2 item 3"'})