running master, slave on the same computer

[Max Nokhrin]

Thanks,

For now, I think it will be OK if I have only 1 DNS server. The system 
is only running one domain, so if it fails, not too much of a deal. But 
thank you for the recommendations.

Max

Vinny Abello wrote:

> At 11:57 PM 7/27/2004, Max Nokhrin wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I am going to host a single domain on a dedicated box for now. I have
>>successfully set up BIND and all other required software and it's
>>working from home without error. I am about to move the box to a data
>>center and properly move the domain to it. However, I have the following
>>question before I do so:
>>
>>Domain registrars ask for two DNS servers. I have two IPs alloted to me,
>>so I would not have issues providing two DNS servers. But: should I
>>actually run a master and a slave server on the same computer, and get
>>them to listen each on their appropriate IP, or would it suffice to have
>>the master listen on both IPs?
> 
> 
> That kind of defeats the reasoning behind the requirement for having two 
> DNS servers. See if you ISP will provide backup DNS services. If not, just 
> binding BIND to both IP's would achieve the same thing and be simpler. The 
> point of master slave setups is to keep the zones in sync. If you already 
> have the zone files on your machine, why transfer them to yourself again? 
> But seriously, get someone else to do backup if at all possible or put 
> another machine in for secondary.
> 
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