Vercara UltraDNS

Overview

Vercara UltraDNS (formerly Neustar UltraDNS) is an enterprise DNS hosting and traffic management platform. DNS Watchdog integrates with the UltraDNS REST API.

Authentication

UltraDNS uses username and password authentication:

Field	Description
Username	Your UltraDNS API username
Password	Your UltraDNS API password

Creating an API User

DNS Watchdog requires an API-only user account in UltraDNS. Follow these steps to create one:

Log into the UltraDNS portal and click Accounts in the navigation menu.
Navigate to Users and click Invite new user. Check the API Only access checkbox and enter the email address for the new user.
The user will receive a registration email. Click the Complete Registration link in the email.
On the registration page, click Register New Account.
Fill in the registration form. Take note of the User ID and password you set — these are the credentials you will use to connect DNS Watchdog.
Once registration is complete, the new user will have API access to your DNS zones.

Setup

Ensure you have API access enabled on your UltraDNS account
In DNS Watchdog, go to Settings → Providers → Add Provider
Select Vercara UltraDNS as the provider type
Enter your username and password

The UltraDNS credentials form showing Username and Password input fields

Click Save

# Authenticate with UltraDNS API
curl -X POST "https://api.ultradns.com/authorization/token" \
  -d "grant_type=password&username=<USERNAME>&password=<PASSWORD>"

# Verify access by listing zones
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" \
  "https://api.ultradns.com/zones"

Once verified, add your credentials in DNS Watchdog under Settings → Providers → Add Provider.

Permissions

DNS Watchdog needs read-only access — permissions to list zones and records.