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[wah]

Is there a way to use a Cobalt RaQ as a secondary name server?

If so how? (how do you set it up to pick up the info via a zone transfer)

[cgisupp]

Is the primary DNS also a RAQ?

[wah]

There would be various primary servers mostly runnning various linux releases

[apollo]

Originally posted by wah
If so how? (how do you set it up to pick up the info via a zone transfer)

edit your named/bind config file and set-up a slave zone with correct master dns server IP and everything will be working perfectly




ps. make sure your serial # is lower on secondary DNS server

[garrence]

You might also want to consider using a third party service.

http://www.gradwell.com/
do secondary DNS and backup MX mail relay for £20+VAT per 100 domains per year. I have been using them for a client for one year now with no problems.

[Stevio]

Old thread I know, but I'm looking at Gradwell just now.

Can you explain what secondary DNS and backup MX mail relay do exactly, how they work, and what the benefits are?

Thanks,
Stephen

[galacnet]

I think what they wanted as to have a cobalt as a backup in case their primary DNS fails.
What you can try to do is to : example :-
register ns1 and ns2 pointing to your primary DNS server
Then register ns3 to point to your cobalt server.
ns3 will not get used unless the primary is down.

As for the MX backup its just like the above.
If the primary MX location is down, the secondary will still relay, but you may have to do some syncing.

[HWL1223]

Here's what Im trying to do/understand:
I have a W2K server with Simple DNS as my primary Name Server. I want to set up my Raq4 to be my secondary, as its on a different IP. I entered it's IP as a secondary/slave on Simple DNS. I see Simple DNS sending notify requests to the Raq for a master zonelist....how do I configure the Raq to accept as it doesnt seem to be...what am I missing?
Thanks
HWL
hlam at cabida.com

[ironfist]

In the DNS configuration of the RaQ GUI you can
put IPs who are allowed to connect for zonelists.

[HWL1223]

In my Raq server settings, I have listed the IP of my primary name server as available for giving Zone Transfer access. I have listed the Raq as the Backup Forwarding Server. Is that corrct?

Or is the Raq my secondary Name Service? If both machines are called xx1 and xx2 .domain.com, then the Raq says THAT domain is already defined....I thought I was making the Raq the secondary.

Please explain. Thanks

[realmadrid]

I think you might also want to consider using a third party service.

[HWL1223]

I have tried all I know - you may be correct. I cannot get any new files to show up in the etc/named/ folder, nor can I see any zone transfers, regardless of what do, although the records file in there looks correct. Only records and the .arpa reverse file show up in /etc/named/.
I think the /etc/named.conf file is correct too but I would like to see one correctly set up as a secondary.
AmI looking in the correct places?
Thanks
HWL

[zeffie]

I have listed the Raq as the Backup Forwarding Server. Is that corrct?

I'm thinking no...

ok.. sounds like SimpleDNS is good... now goto the Raq admin gui... http://whatever/admin
click on control panel
click on "Domain Name System (DNS) Server" Parameters...
in the upper right pull down menu select Secondary Name Service for Domain...
enter the domain you want it to be a secondary for and the ip of the SimpleDNS server...
Click on update list and then save changes to DNS server..

And thats all there is too it..

[HWL1223]

I can now see SimpleDNS forward to the RaQ. Thanks
Where are the files stored on the RaQ? Only the config file is in the named folder.

[zeffie]

in /etc/named you should find a records file
/etc/named/records
with contents like...
[root /root]# cat /etc/named/records
secondary - zeffie.com 216.x.x.x -
secondary - zeffie.net 216.x.x.x -

after it's running for a while you should see secondary record files appear...
For Example:
[root /root]# ls -la /etc/named/sec.zeffie.net
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 665 Nov 29 02:10 /etc/named/sec.zeffie.net

Thats about it... Questions Welcome!