DNS Zone Template
Management
This
page allows you to create the
default DNS Zone Template.
Such template simplifies
setting up the DNS records for
a freshly created new domain.
This feature provides you with
a number of DNS records that
are more or less standard for
a DNS zone.
In
order to add a new DNS
template record follow these
steps:
-
Click on the DNS button on
the Server administration
page. The DNS Zone
Template page appears.
-
Select the type of the
record you wish to add
from the Record type drop-down
box and click the ADD
button. The DNS Zone
Template Records Editing
page appears.
-
Fill in the required
information into the
provided input fields (the
type of the information
required varies depending
on the type of the DNS
record selected).
-
Click the UPDATE button to
submit the entered data
and add the new record to
the template. If you
decide not to add the
record, simply click the
UP LEVEL button. Both will
take you back to the DNS
Zone Template page, one
adding the record and the
other one skipping any
modifications.
NOTE
The
following domain name and
host IP templates can be
used: <domain>, which is
then replaced with the
domain name, and <ip>, which
is replaced by the primary
IP address.
In
order to remove a DNS record
from a template: click on the
REMOVE button related to the
record you wish to remove. The
confirmation dialog box will
appear. Click OK to confirm.
The record will be immediately
removed.
The
DNS Zone Status icon located
at the top of the page
indicates whether a DNS is
turned on or off.
-
If you wish to turn the
DNS on or off for the
template, select ON/OFF.
-
Turning the DNS zone off
will refresh the page, so
that only a list of
nameservers remains.
-
If you are running remote
DNS, and therefore want to
turn DNS off, you should
create the appropriate NS
entries to be stored in
the template. To add a
nameserver: click ADD,
enter the nameserver in
the appropriate input
field, click UPDATE. You
see that the name server(s)
for the template remains
listed as a link.
To
restore the default DNS zone
template, click on the DEFAULT
button at the bottom of the
DNS zone template page.
Configuring SOA records
parameters
The
Bankoi WebHost Panel
administrator is able to
customize the SOA records
parameters via the database.
The following SOA records
parameters can be adjusted:
-
SOA_TTL
-
SOA_Refresh
-
SOA_Retry
-
SOA_Expire
-
SOA_Minimum
If
some of these parameters do
not exist in the "misc"
table, the default settings
will be used. To set the new
SOA records parameters, you
need to insert the above
parameters into the "misc"
table with the new values.
Example:
# mysql -uadmin -p -D
psa -e"INSERT INTO misc
VALUES ('SOA_TTL','86400');"
If
you have already set the SOA
parameters, and need to
change the current settings,
you can do it using the
command like below:
# mysql -uadmin -p -D
psa -e "UPDATE misc SET val='43200'
WHERE param='SOA_TTL';"
Updated SOA parameters will
be set for the newly created
domains. If you need to
update the SOA for an
already existing domain, run
the following command from
the shell:
/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/dnsmng
update domain.name.com.
