Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Hosting Security and Technology : Several DNS servers for several websites?

[Dub]

Hello,

I have 5 or so different VPS's with nothing on them and I want to sent them up as DNS servers for my websites, I am wondering what software (linux) would be best to use to do this?

I am looking to create a script that would allow me to do it automatically as I have hundreds of different sites I want to do it for, so I would need to be able to interface/control with it via a shell command most likely.

Any help would be great

- Steve

[relichost]

Hi

Depends on your Hosting solution, for instance with Cpanel you can do a DNS cluster. For non Cpanel or Bind based setups you can use bind or pdns.

If you are going to control them from a signle point and its not any particular control panel then I would use pdns with a mysql backend and then something like pdnsadmin to setup your zones.

Good look.

[mikerayner]

If you do not want to get Cpanel for each VPS:

You can have cpanel and still use Bind in Master Slave configuration , you need to manually configure those VPSes for becoming slave and for your master servers (Cpanel boxes)


As abtme, wrote another option is to use Cpanel

[Deroba]

Or, you can use rsync for the zones!

[matt2kjones]

You can use webmin if your looking for a free solution. You can cluster dns servers using that.

[dotHostel]

Originally Posted by Deroba

Or, you can use rsync for the zones!

Ok, but the OP has lots of domains. How to reload just the affected zones? Or the idea is just run a cron rndc?

[brianoz]

OP is probably a domainer wanting advice on hosting multiple domains, despite the contrived scenario. While I'm not sure how much advice I want to give, I'd avoid cPanel and use nginx. And giving up domaining and getting a real job.

[mugo]

Originally Posted by Deroba

Or, you can use rsync for the zones!

You would still have to increment the serial, and reload bind to rsync zones. Or dump all zones and reload (reload null, reload all).
Unless you put in a command to rsync and restart the other name server on a little of an offset, but that seems like just bad advice, pardon my straight out forwardness.

If you go to that much trouble, why not just load your secondary AS a secondary, the way bind was meant to be used?

Bind is free, he has VPSs. Pick a master, set the others as slaves. Done. Free. And an industry standard. What's left to haggle?

[cedricd]

I use a PowerDNS super master server and PowerDNS slave servers with PowerAdmin on the super master server. Works well for me - everything is automated from the web interface after initial setup

[dotHostel]

Originally Posted by mugo

If you go to that much trouble, why not just load your secondary AS a secondary, the way bind was meant to be used?

Bind is free, he has VPSs. Pick a master, set the others as slaves. Done. Free. And an industry standard. What's left to haggle?

Not that simple if you are using views.

Originally Posted by cedricd

I use a PowerDNS super master server and PowerDNS slave servers with PowerAdmin on the super master server. Works well for me - everything is automated from the web interface after initial setup

In the past I tried hard the open source version of PowerDNS as the use of a data base to store the zones is a must in my case as well many other PowerDNS' features. Sounded the perfect solution but that version performed poorly and had serious issues with memory leak. I guess there were a lot more interest PowerDNS selling services than otherwise. Good to hear your positive experience. Thanks for sharing.