DNS
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Administration
The DNS Admin tab contains 5 different functional areas: managing DNS server, performing bulk zone assignments to a resource, performing bulk record changes over all zones, managing default name server, transfering zones, and a collection of links for other useful DNS functions.
DNS Functions
Defaults and Options
Default TTL: in seconds, default value is 3600
Default Refresh: in seconds, default value is 14400
Default Retry: in seconds, default value is 3600
Default Expire: in seconds, default value is 604800
Default Minimum: in seconds, default value is 3600
Default SOA: Server Of Authority and hostmaster contact. E.g. ns1.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com.
$GENERATE IPv4 by default: Set to '1' to generate reverse IPv4 DNS hostnames for non specific PTRs. This is similar to $GENERATE in standard bind.
$GENERATE IPv4 Suffix: Set to forward suffix to append to PTR for $GENERATE Example: .available.domain.com.
DNS Server for DNSSEC validation: required to be a non-authoritative name server.
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- Manage ACLs for use in DNS Views.
DNS Zone Transfers
This section lists every server configured in the platform, along with how many zones are assigned to the server.
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- Check the boxes and click the Push the button to transfer zones to the target server.
Manage DNS Servers
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This is where you configure DNS servers to transfer zones to from the ProVision platform. ProVision currently supports the following DNS server types: BIND, PowerDNS (using a bind backend), DynECT, and Secure64. The fields available for configuring servers are as follows:
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You can select an existing ﹤link to ip list creation﹥IP List﹤/link﹥ to create a view ACL. For a Bind server, this creates a corresponding line in the config: match-clients { 6connect_Internal; }; The 6connect_ is prefixed to all IP lists inserted by ProVision.
Bulk Zone Assignments
The Bulk Zone Assignment function allows you to assign multiple zones to a resource in one step. The system will perform a wild card style match for any text in the search box and return all matching zones and display them in a list. You can then assign all the zones found to a resource as either a master or slave.
Bulk DNS Changes
The Bulk DNS Editor allows an Admin to perform "find and replace" functions across all DNS zones. It will match the host and/or record type and/or record value across the entire zone database. Unless the "Strict Comparison" box is checked, it will use wildcard style matches for the host and record values.
Nameserver Management
This function controls the list of DNS servers used for pre populating DNS records with NS records.
Notes
General DNS configuration information is located under the main Admin tab in the DNS section. That is where you can set defaults for other SOA options, generated reverse DNS information, and a DNSSEC validation server.
System Information for Local Installations
Zones are stored in the 6connect web root under /zones.
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