Re: [cobalt-users] Configuring 2nd Raq for doing secondary DNS

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> >>> Admin <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> 01/23/01 02:46PM >>> wrote
> Sorry, but I'm confused about the proper configuration for setting up
> secondary DNS on a 2nd RAQ box.
> On the second box, do I:
> 1. Enable DNS on 2nd box?
> 2. List the 1st box as the primary DNS?
> 3. List the 2nd box as the secondary DNS?
> Will this make the 2nd box a slave name server that will retrieve the DNS
> information from the primary, or, do I need to manually enter records on the
> 2nd box for each domain's DNS handled on the primary?
David Conorozzo" <davidc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> I haven't tried it but I would assume that you still need to set up the zones
on the secondary server...  That is really uncool becaus there is no way to just
set up a zone, you have to at least add one record for the zone to be created.
Gerald gerald@xxxxxxxxx again writes:
Setup the Master DNS Server.
Go to the Slave DNS Server.
Enable DNS in the control panel. Click-ON "parameters"
For Each Domain {
  Click On "Add"
  Click On, "Add Secondary Name Server for Domain" (drop down menu)
  Dialog Box: Domain name:  Enter the domain.
  Dialog Box: IP Address: Enter IP address of the Master nameserver.
  Click-On Update List.
}
Click-On "Save Changes to DNS Server"