BlueCat Offers Reliable Service for DNS Management
Rating: 7 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
I currently use and have used BlueCat for SSL certificate validation purposes. Upon ordering a SSL certificate from our vendor, we are supplied with an CNAME string to add to our external DNS. Even though I don't belong to the department that supports BlueCat, I do have access to make DNS changes to it. This is a process I have been doing for the past 4 years. It became more efficient to add the CNAME entries myself as we order in the hundreds throughout the year. I learned the process of adding an external host value, as well as the host name in the correct domain, and deploying the partial change.
Pros
- Deployment capability made easy
- Navigation in the web application
- Organization of objects
Cons
- Page rendering speed / access of data
- Number of clicks it takes to get to the page you need can be cumbersome
- Feels a bit outdated at times / standard html website interface
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for quick manual updates, not too many as the interface could stand an overhaul. Not an easy interface to use when doing research - reverse lookups. Results aren't always accurate. The search capability could be a bit more robust, expanding the search capability into the comments area would help.
SW
Steve Wilson
Lead Information Security Engineer in Information Technology at Magellan Health (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
4 years of experience