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Running A MyDNS Name Server On OpenBSD (MySQL/PHP + MyDNS + MyDNSConfig)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:28:33 +0200

Running A MyDNS Name Server On OpenBSD (MySQL/PHP + MyDNS + MyDNSConfig)

This tutorial shows how to run a MyDNS name server on an OpenBSD server. It covers the installation of MySQL, PHP, MyDNS, and MyDNSConfig, the web frontend for the MyDNS name server.

Virtual Hosting Howto With Virtualmin On CentOS 5.1

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:34:44 +0100

Virtual Hosting Howto With Virtualmin On CentOS 5.1

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.x server to offer all services needed by virtual web hosters. These include web hosting, smtp server with (SMTP-AUTH and TLS, SPF, DKIM, Domainkeys), DNS, FTP, MySQL, POP3/IMAP, Firewall, Webalizer for stats.

How To Install And Use The djbdns Name Server On Debian Etch

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:54:57 +0100

How To Install And Use The djbdns Name Server On Debian Etch

djbdns is a very secure suite of DNS tools that consists out of multiple parts: dnscache, a DNS cache that can be used in /etc/resolv.conf instead of your ISP's name servers and that tries to sort out wrong (malicious) DNS answers; axfrdns, a service that runs on the master DNS server and to which the slaves connect for zone transfers; and tinydns, the actual DNS server, a very secure replacement for BIND.

Installing MyDNS And The MyDNSConfig Control Panel On CentOS 5.1

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:42:50 +0100

Installing MyDNS And The MyDNSConfig Control Panel On CentOS 5.1

In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS and MyDNSConfig on CentOS 5.1. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database, and it does not have to be restarted/reloaded when DNS records change or zones are created/edited/deleted. A secondary nameserver can be easily set up by installing a second instance of MyDNS that accesses the same database or, to be more redundant, uses the MySQL master / slave replication features to replicate the data to the secondary nameserver.

Installing MyDNS And The MyDNSConfig Control Panel On Mandriva 2008.0

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:17:58 +0100

Installing MyDNS And The MyDNSConfig Control Panel On Mandriva 2008.0

In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS and MyDNSConfig on Mandriva 2008.0. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database, and it does not have to be restarted/reloaded when DNS records change or zones are created/edited/deleted. A secondary nameserver can be easily set up by installing a second instance of MyDNS that accesses the same database or, to be more redundant, uses the MySQL master / slave replication features to replicate the data to the secondary nameserver.

Installing MyDNS And The MyDNSConfig Control Panel On Fedora 8

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:24:19 +0100

Installing MyDNS And The MyDNSConfig Control Panel On Fedora 8

In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS and MyDNSConfig on Fedora 8. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database, and it does not have to be restarted/reloaded when DNS records change or zones are created/edited/deleted. A secondary nameserver can be easily set up by installing a second instance of MyDNS that accesses the same database or, to be more redundant, uses the MySQL master / slave replication features to replicate the data to the secondary nameserver.

Lintrack As A LAN Gateway And An OpenVPN Bridge

Wed, 09 May 2007 19:16:06 +0200

Lintrack As A LAN Gateway And An OpenVPN Bridge

This tutorial will guide you through installation and configuration of Lintrack, a GNU/Linux distribution specialized in networking tasks. We will give two LANs access to the internet along with DHCP and DNS cache servers, and then we will connect our networks using OpenVPN in bridging mode. You should be running all these in well under an hour, thanks to the unified configuration interface of Lintrack.

Creating A DNS Cache With djbdns

Fri, 04 May 2007 16:29:11 +0200

Creating A DNS Cache With djbdns

Building a local DNS cache will speed up your internet connection since the time for the “translation job” (converting domain names into IP addresses) will become negligible with the assumption that the DNS cache gets the information from the parent DNS.

How To Run Your Own Name Server With ISPConfig And providerdomain.de (Schlund)

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:44:40 +0200

How To Run Your Own Name Server With ISPConfig And providerdomain.de (Schlund)

This tutorial shows how you can run your own name server for domains that you register with providerdomain.de (Schlund Technologies). Of course, this works with every other registrar as well, although the procedure might differ a little bit. We will use the ISPConfig server as the primary name server and one of Schlund's name servers as the secondary name server.

MyDNS with MyDNSConfig Control Panel and DNSMasq on Ubuntu 6.10

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:20:34 +0100

MyDNS with MyDNSConfig Control Panel and DNSMasq on Ubuntu 6.10

In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS and MyDNSConfig. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database, and it does not have to be restarted/reloaded when DNS records change or zones are created/edited/deleted. A secondary nameserver can be easily set up by installing a second instance of MyDNS that accesses the same database or, to be more redundant, uses the MySQL master / slave replication features to replicate the data to the secondary nameserver.

Resolving Domains Internally And Externally With Bind9 And Caching Nameserver

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:13:08 +0100

Resolving Domains Internally And Externally With Bind9 And Caching Nameserver

Some times, we are required to resolve our internal domains on a local nameserver and external (internet) domains on our ISP's nameserver. There are different solutions to this problem, but in this howto, we are going to solve it through configuring a combination of caching-nameserver and BIND 9.

How To Configure Dynamic DNS (Fedora Core 4 Setup)

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:49:36 +0100

How To Configure Dynamic DNS (Fedora Core 4 Setup)

In this howto we will learn how to build a Dynamic DNS Server. Normally when we configure DNS, we use static entries to resolve any FQDN. If we are using DHCP in our network which gives dynamic IPs to every computer that turns on or requests one, then it is not possible to configure DNS statically. For that we should configure our DNS with DHCP in a manner that whenever a computer gets a new IP, its FQDN will be automatically updated with the new IP in DNS.

[Debian Sarge] Installing A Bind9 Master/Slave DNS System

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:28:06 +0200

[Debian Sarge] Installing A Bind9 Master/Slave DNS System

In this howto we will install 2 bind dns servers, one as the master and the other as a slave server. For security reasons we will chroot bind9 in its own jail.
Using two servers for a domain is a commonly used setup and in order to host your own domain you are required to have at least 2 domain servers. If one breaks, the other can continue to serve your domain.

How To Run Your Own Name Servers With ISPConfig And GoDaddy

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:37:49 +0200

How To Run Your Own Name Servers With ISPConfig And GoDaddy

This tutorial shows how you can run your own name servers for domains that you register with GoDaddy. Of course, this works with every other registrar as well, although the procedure might differ a little bit.

To do this, you need two servers with two different public IP addresses and with ISPConfig installed, and of course a GoDaddy account.

Traditional DNS Howto

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:43:11 +0100

Traditional DNS Howto

Linux system administrators should learn traditional DNS. Front-ends and quick templates to setup domain records have a place in managing sites. When confronted with DNS configurations already in existence, nothing can substitute for knowing and using the fundamentals.

The vast majority of users on the Internet have no clue about DNS. They may have seen the term when they set up their ISP connection, but they do not realize its connection to their lives. Simply put, DNS servers allow you to use friendly names in your browser, email or other Internet applications to perform tasks which require IP addresses.