chernevik wrote:
Thanks! But I'm confused.
1. What's wonky about the www entry?
1. What's wonky about the www entry?
Nothing, it's just in there
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2. I don't see the NS record that should be deleted. Yeah, there is a name server with the host 'workshop', but that's the only server I've got in this set up, so it has to serve names.
Generally speaking, the NS records on your domain should match the ones in the parent zone unless there's a good reason otherwise (e.g. shadow masters, etc). Since workshop and nameserver1 are the same IP, there's no good reason to keep an NS record pointing at workshop.
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3. I don't understand the nameserver records you suggest adding. I thought the format of nameserver records was
[domain] IN NS [nameserver_name.domain], and I've got that; and the format of the host addresses was
[host].[domain] IN A [IP address]
and I've got that. So I'm confused.
[domain] IN NS [nameserver_name.domain], and I've got that; and the format of the host addresses was
[host].[domain] IN A [IP address]
and I've got that. So I'm confused.
With BIND, the domain is optional if you're already within the context of a zone. So, instead of doing:
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practicalhorseshoeing.net. IN SOA 1234 blah blah blah
practicalhorseshoeing.net. IN NS nameserver1.practicalhorseshoeing.net.
practicalhorseshoeing.net. IN NS nameserver2.practicalhorseshoeing.net.
nameserver1.practicalhorseshoeing.net. IN A 1.2.3.4
nameserver2.practicalhorseshoeing.net. IN A 4.3.2.1
www.practicalhorseshoeing.net. IN A 1.2.3.4
You can just do:
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@ IN SOA 1234 blah blah blah
IN NS nameserver1
IN NS nameserver2
nameserver1 IN A 1.2.3.4
nameserver2 IN A 4.3.2.1
www IN A 1.2.3.4
It's been awhile since I've looked it up, but I believe the @ is what "homes" everything to the current zone. (This is handy if, later on in a zone file, you change it with $ORIGIN).
This not only saves typing, but if you have a bunch of domains that need the exact same records, you can use the same zone file and save a LOT of typing!
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4. I know the nameserver on x81 is unresponsive, I'm setting this up with just the one server. At some point I'll have to set up an alias that sends that on to x80.
Thank you for all your helps.
Thank you for all your helps.
There's a reason they require a minimum of two nameservers, you know.
-rt