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Global DNS Settings (Local Installation Only)

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DNS Global Settings is accessible from the Admin Settings page by users with Admin level permissions. 

DNSSEC Settings

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If using DNSSEC, select whether to enabled DNSSEC local signing, or sign zones by dnssec-tools, then enter the following information:

• Sign zones by ISC BIND Utilities: Select whether to use ISC BIND utilities to sign zones.
• dnssec-dsfromkey path : Enter the dnssec-dsfromkey  path that will be used for DNS. Required in all cases.

DNS Dynamic Update Settings

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The following options are available for Dynamic Updates:

• Dynamic Update Timeout: Timeout for DDNS (the default is 5 seconds).
• Increase SOA Zone Serial on update: Toggle to "On" if you wish the zone serial to be increased automatically.
• Force TCP Update: If enabled all DDNS requests will be over TCP.
• Dynamic Update via nsupdate: Toggle to "On" if you wish to use Dynamic Updates via nsupdate, instead of ProVision's internal implementation.
• Enable DDNS Queue on failure:  Toggle to "On" if you wish to enable the automatic creation of a queue record on DDNS error.
• Clear DDNS Failure Queue: Clears the current failure queue.

DNS Backup Settings

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The following option is available for Backup Settings:

• Records Limit : The limit for the number of records a zone may have for a zone to process a backup. If the records count exceed this number, zone backups will be omitted at zone push.

DNS Import Settings

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The following option is available for Import Settings:

• Keep Import File: Saves DNS zone import files to the zone's "Zone Backups and Attached Files" area, for later download. Optional.

Push Settings

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The following options are available for Push Settings:

• Continue Push on Error: If enabled, if there is an error on push with a subset of the servers, ProVision will continue to push the remaining non-erroring servers.
• Enable DNS Push Lock: If enabled, on push ProVision will check whether there is an ongoing push. An error will be thrown unless Enable DNS Push Queue is also selected.
• Enable DNS Push Queue: If enabled, on push ProVision won't throw an error, but will instead add the push to a queue. The "DNS Queue Push" task must be created in the scheduler tab to run at the desired interval for the queue to be executed.
• Enable Lock on Dynamic Updates:If enabled on DDNS operation, ProVision will lock the servers for a regular push.
• Maximum Timeout for Pre/Post Command: Enter the number of seconds for maximum timeout.
• Clear Server Locks: Clears the lock state of the servers. You can use this action in case of failure, and a server is stuck in a locked state.
• Clear Push Queue: Clears the current push queue.

DNS Cache Settings

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The following options are available for DNS Cache Settings:

• Enable DNS Cache for Modules and Group: If enabled, on push ProVision will cache the Servers and Views in advance. Improves push performance, if you do not have many servers directly attached to the zones.
• Enable DNS Cache for Zones per Group: If enabled,  on push ProVision will cache the Zones Views Linkage. Improves push performance, if you have many zones.

DNS Server Statistics

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The following option is available for DNS Server Statistics:

• Enable DNS Server statistics for snmp: If enabled, it will gather information about zone pushes for each server managed by ProVision.

Catalog Zone Settings

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The following options are available for Catalog Zone Settings:

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To see all options available under DNS Global Settings, see DNS Settings.

DNS Export Functions

Exporting Zones

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