[cobalt-users] Primary/Secondary DNS on the same RaQ

[Jay Tingley <info@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a client who will be leasing one of our RaQs to provide web
hosting for his design clients (reselling).

He doesn't want to use our secondary DNS (on a separate RaQ3), and
insists on having his own anonymous name servers, ie:

  ns1.hisdomain.com
  ns2.hisdomain.com

I need to be able to run both the primary and secondary DNS off the
same server. I know this doesn't provide a redundant backup, but if
the server goes down his sites are offline and secondary DNS ends
up being a mute point...

Can anyone confirm the following (from what little information I've
been able to piece together...):

 a) Assign a different IP to each of ns1 and ns2 by creating
    a single "A" and "PTR" record for each;
 b) Enter these numbers into the Primary/Secondar DNS Network
    settings of the control panel;
 c) Create new DNS records as per the norm, pointing to ns1;

At this point it's unclear how I setup and configure ns2, ie: do I
add a Secondary Nameserver (NS) Record or a Secondary Nameservice
for each domain, and what is the proper way to configure a secondary
DNS record?

Thanks for any assistance.
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Jay Tingley, Admin
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