Re: [cobalt-users] complete zone transfer to a secondary name server

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Ken" <jm@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote

> I was using my hosts DNS (CT). Now I have a second Raq3, and would like to
> handle my own DNS. Handling the Primary DNS settings through the GUI seems
> easy, but I have a couple questions regarding the Secondary DNS.
> 
> My company domains are atomictech.com & .net.
> Through BulkRegister, I've setup name servers.
> NS1.ATOMICTECH.NET = main IP of my Raq at CT (209.15.189.41)
> NS2.ATOMICTECH.NET = main IP of my second Raq (216.234.186.143)
> 
> 1. Can I do a complete zone transfer without adding each domain through the
> GUI on the slave DNS server? If there is not a way to do it through the GUI,
> then I found out through searching the mail archive that I need the lines
> below in my name.conf. Does this do a complete zone transfer, or am I
> supposed to change "zone.com" to "mydomain.com" or something like that?
> 

No, on the secondary you need to add "Secondary Name Service for Domain"
The Domain Name
The Master IP address.

Make sure the GUI SOA records on the primary nameserver list the secondary.

> 2. How do I handle the DNS entry for "atomictech.net"? I've already
> specified the IPs of ns1 & ns2 through Bulk Register. It is currently setup
> through CTs DNS. Do I need A records for ns1 & ns2? Is it OK to move the DNS
> of atomictech.net to my Raq since it is the domain of my name servers?

There needs to be an 'A' record for ns1 and ns2 in the atomictech.net zone file
add it through the GUI for atomictech.net.