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DNS Settings

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DNS Settings are accessed by clicking the "DNS" sub-tab at the top of the Admin Settings page. DNS Settings are used to support various DNS functions, including DNSSEC, Dynamic updates, backup settings, push settings, DNS cache settings, and DNS server statistics. 

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:

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DNS Dynamic Update Settings

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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.Image Removed

Dynamic Update via nsupdate: Toggle to "On" if you wish to use Dynamic Updates via nsupdate, instead of ProVision's internal implementation.

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Clear DDNS Failure Queue: Clears the current DDNS failure queue.

DNS Backup Settings

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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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Keep Import File: Toggle to "on" if you wish to retain the zone import file inside the zone.

DNS Push Settings

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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.Image Removed

Enable DNS Push Lock:  If enabled on push, ProVision will check if there is ongoing push and throw an error.

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Clear Push Queue: Clears the current push queue.

DNS Cache Settings

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Enable DNS Cache for Modules and Group: Toggle to "on" prior to push if you wish to cache the servers and views in advance.

Enable DNS Cache for Zones per Group: Toggle to "on" prior to push if you wish to cache the Zones Views Linkage.

DNS Server statistics

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Enable DNS Server statistics for snmp: Toggle to "on" and it will gather information about zone pushes for each server.

Catalog Zone Settings

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Masters List: The default value for the Masters List Metadata on creating a new zone record.

Allow Query List: The default value for the Allow Query List Metadata on creating a new zone record.

Allow Transfer List: The default value for the Allow Transfer List Metadata on creating a new zone record.

Additional Details:

For details on working with DNS, see the following areas:

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