13 Oct
2010
13 Oct
'10
7:31 p.m.
When changing nameservers on a live domain I would generally do the
following:
1. Make sure the zone is loaded on the primary name server and it
serves up the correct info when queried.
2. Make sure it's loaded on the other nameservers in the set, and
that they all serve up the correct info.
3. Change the nameservers at the registrar by whatever means they
provide for that.
I don't think you have done step 2 yet, which you will need to do
whether you're going to put your nameserver plus the bitfolk ones or
just the bitfolk ones into your registrar's NS list.
You will need to add the IPs in allow-axfr, make sure tcp/53 is open
from them, contact support and wait for confirmation that it's set
up.
Cheers,
Andy
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 02:57:12PM -0400, Michael Corliss wrote:
That did it, thanks!
2 follow-up questions:
-My registrar still has the old Bitfolk nameservers listed, how can I
have them change to the new ones seamlessly? Does it make sense to do it
stepwise, i.e. add the correct nameservers, have my host switch to them,
and them move the old ones?
-If I want to use my DNS as a hidden DNS, so that all requests still come
through the Bitfolk secondaries, is it sufficient to add an
allow-transfer section of named.conf.local with their IPs in it?
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