Zone Template

[Barry Margolin]

In article <eg8mqf$1rcu$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Sten Carlsen <ccc2716 at vip.cybercity.dk> wrote:

> You would still have to change the mail address in the SOA. That is much
> easier of course; I assume that @ can not be used there?

But a relative name can.  If it's always root@<domain> or 
hostmaster@<domain>, you can just put "root" or "hostmaster" there.

> 
> Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article <eg763f$2mfn$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
> >  "Josh Hyles" <josh.maillists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I am running a windows BIND server and am trying to figure out what
> >> the best template would be for creating new sites. I currently use the
> >> following...
> >>
> >> $ORIGIN .
> >> $TTL 86400	; 1 day
> >> domain_hosted.com		IN SOA	NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
> >> 				2006053001 ; serial
> >> 				3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
> >> 				7200       ; retry (2 hours)
> >> 				604800     ; expire (1 week)
> >> 				43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
> >> 				)
> >> 			NS	NS1.domain.com.
> >> 			NS	NS2.domain.com.
> >> 			A	63.247.73.122
> >> 			MX	5 mail.domain_hosted.com.
> >> $ORIGIN domain_hosted.com.
> >> ftp			A	123.456.789.012
> >> mail			A	123.456.789.012
> >> www			A	123.456.789.012
> >>
> >> All of the "domain_hosted" entries must be changed to the new domain
> >> that I am hosting... is there any better to do this?
> >>     
> >
> > I'd leave out all the $ORIGIN statements, and use relative names (or @) 
> > for the zone name.  Then you don't have to change anything for the new 
> > domain -- the origin defaults to the name from the 'zone' statement in 
> > named.conf.
> >
> > $TTL 86400      ; 1 day
> > @               IN SOA  NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
> >                                 2006053001 ; serial
> >                                 3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
> >                                 7200       ; retry (2 hours)
> >                                 604800     ; expire (1 week)
> >                                 43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
> >                                 )
> >                         NS      NS1.domain.com.
> >                         NS      NS2.domain.com.
> >                         A       63.247.73.122
> >                         MX      5 mail
> > ftp                     A       123.456.789.012
> > mail                    A       123.456.789.012
> > www                     A       123.456.789.012
> >
> >

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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