Techniques for validating alignment between
network element configuration and DNS records associated with a communication network are presented. Alignment management component (AMC) can retrieve respective configuration parameter data items relating to respective configuration parameters associated with respective resource-related identifiers, and respective
metadata items associated with the respective resource-related identifiers, from a configuration
data store; and retrieve respective DNS records from respective DNS name servers, based on analyzing the respective
metadata items associated with respective DNS records. For each resource-related identifier that is supposed to have a corresponding DNS
record, based on the result of analyzing the respective configuration parameter data items and respective DNS records, AMC can determine whether the resource-related identifier has a corresponding DNS
record stored in the DNS
name server indicated by the
metadata item. AMC can generate an audit report comprising a missing DNS
record data item for each DNS record determined to be missing.