Configuring Secure64 Support

The initial setup of the Secure64 Authoritive server is as follows:

Step 1: Create an nsd.conf file under the root directory / of your S64 Auth server

[authdnsadmin@Secure64DNS]# cat nsd.conf 
server:
ip-address: 50.198.192.138 
 
axfr-logfile: /axfr_log/axfr.log
axfr-logfile-flush-count: 1
axfr-logfile-max-size: 100000
axfr-logfile-max-size: 10 

request-logfile: /request_log/request.log
request-logfile-flush-count: 10
request-logfile-max-size: 1000000
request-logfile-max-files: 10 
 
include: 6connect_nsd.conf 

Step 2: Make a directory for 6connect ProVision to push zone files to on the Secure64 DNS Server

[authdnsadmin@Secure64DNS]# mkdir test12 
[authdnsadmin@Secure64DNS]# ls
/:
322 2013-08-19 06:07:42 nsd.conf
<DIR> 1024 2013-08-16 17:30:12 test12

Step 3: Setup and Configure 6connect ProVision for your Secure64 DNS Server

Go to the 6connect Admin area and click on the DNS Admin Tab. Click on the New Server button.

Then fill in the information as follows (including any relevant SOA information):

Step 4: Test the Secure64 DNS Server configuration

Press the Test Config button for the DNS Server you setup.

Success! Will show as depicted above.
Click Add Server to add this server as a permanent entry in the dropdown menu. This server will now be available for assigning DNS zones to.

Step 5: Assign any imported/existing zones to your Secure64 DNS Server(s)

Search for all available zones or enter in a value to find specific existing zones in the system.

 

Select the Select Server and as Master dropdowns and Assign the above zones to this server.
Verify the DNS Zones Tranfers area indicates your server and the # of zones to transfer.

Step 6: Push Zones to Secure64 Server(s)

Check the 3 Zones box and click on the Push button to transfer zones to this server.


The system will present the following live progress bar and show as follows when it is finished without errors.


Towards the bottom of the progress status will be the final indication of success or errors to correct.

Step 7: Verify DNS Zone push on Secure64 Server(s)

The result of the Push can be checked/verified by checking the Secure64 server as follows:

Now, verify that the "788 2013-08-21 12:35:04" 6connect_nsd.conf file now exists.

[authdnsadmin@eval138.secure64.com]# ls
/:
6728 2013-08-13 00:15:30 nsd.conf
8416071 2013-08-21 12:35:07 nsd.db
788 2013-08-21 12:35:04 6connect_nsd.conf
<DIR> 1024 2013-08-21 12:34:50 test12 

You can verify the Push contents by doing a cat of the 6connect_nsd.conf

In the example above, three Zones have transferred.

To look at the contents of each zone you can cd to the proper directory /test12/6connectGeneric and find the zone files in an alphabetical directory structure as follows:

Step 8: Validate Zone data in Your Infrastructure

Do a dig of the zones to verify the DNS configuration has been successfully deployed.
[authdnsadmin@eval138.secure64.com]# dig @50.198.192.138 mnc0016.mcc502.gprs.name4
; ﹤﹤﹥﹥ DiG SourceT 3.x ﹤﹤﹥﹥ @50.198.192.138 mnc0016.mcc502.gprs.name4
;; Got answer:
;; ﹥﹥HEADER﹤﹤ opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59591
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mnc0016.mcc502.gprs.name4. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mnc0016.mcc502.gprs.name4. 3600 IN SOA ns1.dns.6connect.net. hostmaster.6connect.net. (2013082102 10800 3600 604800 38400 )
[authdnsadmin@eval138.secure64.com]#