Setting up a slave DNS server
Redundancy is important to ensure key services remain available in the event of an issue. As DNS is one of the most critical components of a network, whether it's a private intranet or the public Internet, having only one authoritative DNS server is unwise. In fact, IANA's Technical Requirements for Authoritative Name Servers document states that there must be a minimum of two different authoritative name servers for the zone. This recipe shows you how to configure a second BIND installation to act as a secondary authoritative server that receives its zone information from the primary in a master/slave configuration. A lookup request can then be satisfied by either server and be considered an authoritative response. ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access