Hi Jan,
Think you missed out Graeme and the list there so I've linked it in
here for you :)
Is having two DNS servers a requirement for hosting a domain? I know
it makes sense, but I think you can usually get away with just having
one for testing purposes.
Just my thoughts on it anyway.
James
2010/1/11 Jan Henkins <jan(a)henkins.za.net>:
> Hello James and Graeme,
>
> James' setup here (with the dot at the end) will work, although there is one
> more important thing: You have to have at least two DNS servers to
> successfully host a domain!
>
> So in the order of preparation:
>
> (1) Get your domain(s) registered and reserved (you have already done that)
> (2) Set up your DNS as per the instructions. This is the most important and
> difficult part, although it's not really all that difficult with all the
> help you will no doubt get on this list! ;-) One gotcha - make sure that
> your reverse lookup for your primary DNS server´s IP is set up correctly. If
> you're not sure how it's done, this is controlled by Bitfolk. I can remember
> that there is a way to set this up yourself in the Xen panel, please
> somebody on the list correct me if I'm wrong.
> (3) Arrange for a secondary DNS. Here you have a choice:
> (a) Get a friend to act as secondary
> (b) Ask Andy (Bitfolk) to act as secondary by following the instructions
> here: http://www.bitfolk.com/secondary_dns.html
>
> My advice would be (b).
>
> Once you have the above three bits set up and you have tested it that it
> actually works as it should, then you can edit your domains in your Godaddy
> control panel to point to the two DNS servers as you have set it up in your
> DNS zone file.
>
> Once your two domains are set up in DNS, you will have the wonderful
> experience in hacking away at your config to get the two domains set up as
> virtual mail and web hostings (a bit technical but real fun to play with).
>
> On 11/01/10 21:17, James Gregory wrote:
>>
>> I did - after ns.simmo.gs in the SOA bit, you need to make sure to
>> include a dot!
>>
>> ; domain ; nameserver ; email addy
>> simmo.gs. IN SOA ns.simmo.gs. you.simmo.gs. (
>>
>> James
>>
>> 2010/1/11 James Gregory<jgxenite(a)gmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Graeme,
>>>
>>> I wouldn't worry about it - even the best of us forget these kind of
>>> things from time to time! I don't know what difference there is
>>> between Debian and Ubuntu, but this is how you do it in Ubuntu as far
>>> as I know:
>>>
>>> /etc/bind/named.conf.local is for your zone information, so something
>>> like this:
>>>
>>> zone "simmo.gs" {
>>> type master;
>>> zone "db.simmo.gs";
>>> };
>>>
>>> /etc/bind/db.simmo.gs is the file containing your NS, A, etc. records:
>>>
>>> simmo.gs. IN SOA ns.simmo.gs you.simmo.gs. (
>>> 20100111 ; Serial
>>> ; Defaults below as far as I'm aware!
>>> 180m ; Refresh after 3 hours
>>> 10m ; retry after 10 mins
>>> 1w ; expire after
>>> 1h ; negative caching TTL
>>> )
>>>
>>> ; Nameservers
>>> IN NS ns.simmo.gs.
>>>
>>> ; Hosts
>>> ns IN A x.x.x.x ; replace that with NS IP address
>>> www IN A x.x.x.x ; replace with your webserver IP address
>>>
>>> That's probably the most basic config you can get away. It might or
>>> might not work - hopefully if I've missed something out, someone will
>>> correct me!
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> 2010/1/11 Graeme Simpson<graeme(a)butterware.co.uk>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Bitfolks,
>>>>
>>>> I've just signed up to Bitfolk and could do with a bit of assistance
>>>> with
>>>> DNS.
>>>>
>>>> I've signed up for a couple of domain names with godaddy.com. I've
>>>> bought
>>>> simmo.gs and goodwithwords.eu.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not certain of the order I should be doing things and the
>>>> configuration
>>>> I should be setting up on my debian vps box.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any guidance they could offer? Or even a sample zone
>>>> file
>>>> that I could copy.
>>>>
>>>> I have done this sort of thing before, but it's been a while and I
>>>> appear to
>>>> have forgotten swathes. I won't be offended to be treated like a numpty!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Graeme
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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>
> --
> Regards,
> Jan Henkins
>
>
Personally unless I need to do something complex I find using EveryDNS alot more convenient. No connection other than a very satisfied long-term user.
Alex
--- original message ---
From: "Tomalak Geret'kal" <tom(a)kera.name>
Subject: Re: [bitfolk] New user needs help with DNS setup
Date: 11th January 2010
Time: 10:45:34 pm
On 11/01/2010 22:40, James Gregory wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> Think you missed out Graeme and the list there so I've linked it in
> here for you :)
>
> Is having two DNS servers a requirement for hosting a domain? I know
> it makes sense, but I think you can usually get away with just having
> one for testing purposes.
>
> Just my thoughts on it anyway.
>
> James
Hi James,
Yea, you don't need more than a single DNS server at all.
It's just wise to have the resilience if it's a production
server.
Tom
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This appears to be due to radvd going into a tight CPU loop, as it
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At around 1615Z a customer notified me that their IPv6 wasn't
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