Promoting secondary to primary DNS server

[Cricket Liu]

sudhakar wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the response.
> My secondary DNS server is gets its dynamic updates from the primary,
> now I want my secondary DNS server to act as the primary, I'd
> appreciate if you can guide on this issue.

Basically,

- Change the secondary's zone statement(s) from "type slave" to "type
master" and delete the "masters" substatement(s).
- Edit the zone(s) and change the contents of the SOA record(s)'s
MNAME field.
- Adjust other zone substatements as necessary (e.g., allow-transfer).
- Reconfigure other secondaries, as necessary (e.g., change the IP
address in their masters substatements).
- Reload all modified name servers.

See also Recipe 5.24 of the Cookbook.

cricket

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