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Expand Up @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ The following pre-requisites must be fulfilled in order to add a Windows BYOH no
* Start with an alphanumeric character.
* End with an alphanumeric character.
* A PTR record must exist corresponding to the instance address which resolves to the instance hostname for successful reverse DNS lookups.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the unconditional PTR requirement.

Line 13 still says that every instance address requires a PTR record. This conflicts with Line 15, where DNS-name ConfigMap keys do not require PTR records. Replace this parent bullet with a conditional introduction, or remove it and keep the requirement under the IP-address case. The runtime matcher in pkg/csr/csr.go:273-295 applies the same IP-versus-DNS distinction.

Proposed documentation fix 
-* A PTR record must exist corresponding to the instance address which resolves to the instance hostname for successful reverse DNS lookups.
+* Configure the `windows-instances` key according to its address type:
   * When the `windows-instances` ConfigMap key is an IP address, a PTR record must exist corresponding to that address, resolving to the instance hostname. This allows WMCO to validate CSR node names via reverse DNS lookup. 
   * When the ConfigMap key is a DNS name (e.g., a headless Service FQDN like `win-byoh-0.headless.default.svc.cluster.local`), no PTR record is required. WMCO validates the node name by matching it directly against the DNS name.
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In `@docs/byoh-instance-pre-requisites.md` at line 13, Update the prerequisite
documentation to remove the unconditional PTR-record requirement from the parent
bullet; make it conditional on IP-address ConfigMap keys or retain it only under
that case, while preserving the no-PTR requirement for DNS-name keys described
nearby. Use the IP-versus-DNS matching behavior in the CSR runtime as the
intended contract.

* When the `windows-instances` ConfigMap key is an IP address, a PTR record must exist corresponding to that address, resolving to the instance hostname. This allows WMCO to validate CSR node names via reverse DNS lookup.
* When the ConfigMap key is a DNS name (e.g., a headless Service FQDN like `win-byoh-0.headless.default.svc.cluster.local`), no PTR record is required. WMCO validates the node name by matching it directly against the DNS name.
* Containerd should not be installed. If it is installed already, it is recommended to uninstall as WMCO installs and manages containerd.
* If the instance uses a static IP, and the instance is *not* running Windows Server 2022, deviceless NICs must be disabled
* This can be done by running the following in PowerShell:
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