rndc addzone|delzone

[Carsten Strotmann (private)]

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On 1/1/12 1:18 PM, DNSbed.com wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:05:41 +0100, Jan-Piet Mens
> <jpmens.dns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Has anyone tried the new features of rndc addzone|delzone with 
>>> BIND-9.7? Will the zone added|deleted get transfered between
>>> master and slaves?
>> 
>> No, the newly added (or deleted) zone will not be automatcially
>> added to (deleted from) slave servers. (Slaves require a
>> different zone definition containing at least the master
>> servers.)
>> 
> 
> Thanks for the info. If the result can't be transfered between
> master/slaves, I doubt it has the practical use.

It can be used in scripting solutions on a hidden master, for example:

1) script creates new master zone file and named.conf "zone"
definition, reloads hidden master DNS

2) script uses rndc addzone to add the new zone to all secondary/slave
servers

This is an improvement over the situation without rndc addzone, where
one had to use some kind of remote access to change the named.conf on
the secondaries.

- -- Carsten
Happy New Year
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