Zone Template

[Barry Margolin]

In article <eg763f$2mfn$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Josh Hyles" <josh.maillists at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am running a windows BIND server and am trying to figure out what
> the best template would be for creating new sites. I currently use the
> following...
> 
> $ORIGIN .
> $TTL 86400	; 1 day
> domain_hosted.com		IN SOA	NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
> 				2006053001 ; serial
> 				3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
> 				7200       ; retry (2 hours)
> 				604800     ; expire (1 week)
> 				43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
> 				)
> 			NS	NS1.domain.com.
> 			NS	NS2.domain.com.
> 			A	63.247.73.122
> 			MX	5 mail.domain_hosted.com.
> $ORIGIN domain_hosted.com.
> ftp			A	123.456.789.012
> mail			A	123.456.789.012
> www			A	123.456.789.012
> 
> All of the "domain_hosted" entries must be changed to the new domain
> that I am hosting... is there any better to do this?

I'd leave out all the $ORIGIN statements, and use relative names (or @) 
for the zone name.  Then you don't have to change anything for the new 
domain -- the origin defaults to the name from the 'zone' statement in 
named.conf.

$TTL 86400      ; 1 day
@               IN SOA  NS1.domain.com. root.domain_hosted.com. (
                                2006053001 ; serial
                                3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
                                7200       ; retry (2 hours)
                                604800     ; expire (1 week)
                                43200      ; minimum (12 hours)
                                )
                        NS      NS1.domain.com.
                        NS      NS2.domain.com.
                        A       63.247.73.122
                        MX      5 mail
ftp                     A       123.456.789.012
mail                    A       123.456.789.012
www                     A       123.456.789.012

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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