RE: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3] DNS primary and secondary on two RaQ3's

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:08:49 -0500
> From: Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Yes, I'd be interested to know that, too! I liked the idea of setting
> them both as primaries and rsync'ing. Will it matter. I guess the only
> reason you need to have them as secondary is so they will update
> automatically after you enter them. But the rsync idea would be better,
> you wouldn't even have to enter the secondary dns.

Correct.  Primary/secondary is arbitrary from a resolution
standpoint.  All DNS servers listed in a registration are
expected to be authoritative.  There is no priority system.

Put zones on your master.  Use rsync to redistribute named.conf
and friends (I include multiple other files for my zones, each
secondary DNS that I do, etc.) and zone data to your secondaries.
Do it over an encrypted connection.

Use a cron script to look for changed date/time stamp on named
config files.  When found, reload named.


Eddy

Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national
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