Running both a cache-only and an authoritative server on the same server

[Phil Mayers]

On 17/06/10 12:39, Jørn Skjerven wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've tried to search the archive for for this, but could not find
> anything relevant.
>
> We currently run a server with an authoritative set for domains. We want
> to use the same server as a cache-only DNS for other customers as well
> on a secondary IP.
>
> Is it possible to achieve this in a single named.conf, or is it
> recommended to run two instances of bind, each with a different
> listen-on <ip> statement?

Sure. Use views:

view authoritative {
   recursion no;
   match-destinations { mycurrentip; };
   zone ...
};

view authoritative {
   recursion yes;
   match-destinations { myrecurseip; };
};