How to set the Slave DNS Server ?

[Kevin Darcy]

Kevin Chan wrote:

> Hi Kevin Darcy and all,
>
> Thanks Kevin.D reply my question so fast !
>
> 1. I would like to ask how I can add a "masters" clause to each of those,
> specifying the master's IP address on Slave DNS Server's /etc/named.conf?

Look at the ARM examples.

> 2. Also, before sync the setting to Slave DNS Server.  Please help me to
> confirm the zone IP file [as below] which is get from Master DNS Server is
> correct or not (because I add the ns2 setting on it) ?  (Do I need to add
> ns2 setting on these file or not ?)
>
> $TTL 86400
> @       IN      SOA     ns1.kevin.com. root.ns1.kevin.com. (
>                         200211131       ; Serial
>                         8H              ; Refresh
>                         2H              ; Retry
>                         4W              ; Expire
>                         1D)             ; Minimum TTL
>         NS      ns1.kevin.com.
>         NS      ns2.kevin.com.
> ;
> ;       Servers
> ;
> 57     PTR     ns1.kevin.com.
> 58     PTR     ns2.kevin.com.
> 59     PTR     www.kevin.com.
> 60     PTR     pop.kevin.com.
> 61     PTR     smtp.kevin.com.
>
> 3. Also, before sync the setting to Slave DNS Server.  Please help me to
> confirm the zone name file [as below] which is get from Master DNS Server is
> correct or not (because I add the ns2 setting on it) ?  (Do I need to add
> ns2 setting on these file or not ?)
>
> $TTL 86400
> @               IN      SOA     ns1.kevin.com. root.ns1.kevin.com. (
>                                 200211131 ; Serial
>                                 8H              ; Refresh
>                                 2H              ; Retry
>                                 4W              ; Expire
>                                 1D)             ; Minimum
>                         NS      ns1.kevin.com.
>         IN      MX      10      smtp.kevin.com.
> kevin.com.    A       xxx.xxx.xxx.57
> ns1                A       xxx.xxx.xxx.57
> ns2                A       xxx.xxx.xxx.58
> www             A       xxx.xxx.xxx.59
> pop               A       xxx.xxx.xxx.60
> smtp             A        xxx.xxx.xxx.61

Offhand, those look reasonable, except that you're supposed to have at least 2
nameservers for every zone.


- Kevin