Unable to Edit SPF TXT Record: Variable "$input" got invalid value

Symptoms

  • When going to Tools and Settings > DNS Settings > DNS Template > Clicking on SPF TXT Record to Edit it, the following error is shown.

Variable "$input" got invalid value
{"displayVal":"v=spf1 +all"}; Field value.type of required type DnsRecordTypeEnum! was not provided.

Cause

This is Plesk bug #PPPM-13784,which is planned to be fixed on upcoming updates

Resolution

Workaround:

  1. Manually Delete the SPF TXT Record from template via Tools and Settings > DNS Settings > DNS Template page
  2. Connect to the server via RDP and open CMD as Administrator.
  3. Create the desired record via CLI using the command below:

    C:\> plesk bin server_dns --add -txt "VALUE" -domain "<OPTIONAL_SUBDOMAIN>" -ttl "<OPTIONAL_TTL>"

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