To set rDNS for an IP, first make it static. Then use Azure CLI
boby@hon-pc-01:~$ az network public-ip update --resource-group serverok --name ok-vmPublicIP --reverse-fqdn azure-rdns.serverok.in --dns-name ok-vm
{
"dnsSettings": {
"domainNameLabel": "ok-vm",
"fqdn": "ok-vm.southeastasia.cloudapp.azure.com",
"reverseFqdn": "azure-rdns.serverok.in"
},
"etag": "W/\"1046148c-e501-49e0-a673-942b75dd71ad\"",
"id": "/subscriptions/7adb2f54-bc45-4d4d-a5ec-321ca213d39d/resourceGroups/serverok/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/ok-vmPublicIP",
"idleTimeoutInMinutes": 4,
"ipAddress": "52.187.107.150",
"ipConfiguration": {
"etag": null,
"id": "/subscriptions/7adb2f54-bc45-4d4d-a5ec-321ca213d39d/resourceGroups/serverok/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/ok-vmVMNic/ipConfigurations/ipconfigok-vm",
"name": null,
"privateIpAddress": null,
"privateIpAllocationMethod": null,
"provisioningState": null,
"publicIpAddress": null,
"resourceGroup": "serverok",
"subnet": null
},
"ipTags": [],
"location": "southeastasia",
"name": "ok-vmPublicIP",
"provisioningState": "Succeeded",
"publicIpAddressVersion": "IPv4",
"publicIpAllocationMethod": "Static",
"resourceGroup": "serverok",
"resourceGuid": "93193015-45df-4408-9c49-19148f9556e5",
"sku": {
"name": "Basic"
},
"tags": {},
"type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses",
"zones": null
}
boby@hon-pc-01:~$
–resource-group serverok
Is the resource group name.
–name ok-vmPublicIP
ok-vmPublicIP is name of my public IP. You can see it in Azure console.
–reverse-fqdn azure-rdns.serverok.in
azure-rdns.serverok.in is the reverse DNS i need. I pointed A record for this domain to Azure IP address.
–dns-name ok-vm
ok-vm is name of my VM.

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