the main reason that i want to have my own primary DNS is that i want to have an "ISP Panel" that i'm building from scratch in python. thank you for your help! can you help me with the zones? i heared that you can manage BIND from a MySQL DB, is it true? archwiki page? (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.) On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Δημήτρης Ζέρβας <01ttouch@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > I have a VPS and i want to set up a DNS server. > > first of all do i need a secondary NS? why? no money for second VPS... > > It's not necessary from the technical point of view, but almost all > registrars require at least two servers for reliability -- if there's > only one server and it goes down, your entire domain (with subdomains, > mail, web, everything) goes down. > > However, there are several free secondary NS services: > > - https://dns.he.net/ > - http://freedns.afraid.org/ > - http://www.buddyns.com/ > - http://www.zoneedit.com/ > - Others, google. > > Some VPS hosts, such as Linode, also offer secondary NS for customers. > > (Most of them also offer primary NS, but it's usually managed through > a crappy web UI, so let your own server be primary.) > > > also can ANYONE explain me the zones in detail? i've read the wiki a lot > of > > times... > > If you could please ask something more specific... > > -- > Mantas Mikulėnas >
