Re: [cobalt-users] Automatic hosting account creation

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Lenhart wrote:

> Do you (or anyone) have a script that would add the DNS entries to
> a RAQ?  My goal here is to walk a potential hosting customer through my
> site, have him purchase a hosting account, then automatically create the
> account.

Note:  I'm NOT the same Jeff.  I'm Jeff Lasman, and I'm NOT with
Cobalt.  Jeff Bilicki is with Cobalt.

That said... I think this was covered previously; check the archives for
this list and for cobalt-developers.

Hint:  The information is in the "/etc/named/records" file.  Figure out
the format.  I just added 400 secondary domains to a RaQ3i dns server
this past weekend, by taking the /etc/named.conf file from the server
hosting primary dns, grepping out the lines with the domain names to
another file, and then just doing a global search-and-replace twice on
the file to change the line formats.

After you've got the /etc/named/records file with all the DNS records in
it you need/want, just restart the dns server; you can do this from the
gui; "Control Panel | DNS Parameters | Save Changes to DNS Server".

Be careful when logging in as a shell-account; mistakes can be
disastrous; be sure to make backups of any file before you change it.

Jeff
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