help with Zone transfer

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Hello guys here on the forum,

i have a little problem, i know this is asked possiblie al ready bud i cannot find an answer in the forum to solve this problem.

i have setup a vps server with DA wich is working fine now :).

my question now is: my dns runs by my domain registrar, since my domain registrar also offer an free service to use his dns servers as slave i am searching how to set this up.

Bud i have of course no root or ssh access to the dns servers of my registrar, the only thing that i have are 4ip's wich have to download the zone files from my server.

bud how do i have to set this up ?, i have trying some options in named.conf on my vps bud everytime i make a change in this named wouldn't restart and shuts down.

i hope someone can help me

Best regards,
Jeroenvd
 
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If I understand your post correctly, and you want your registrar to do slave or master DNS service, you'd have to ask them.

Jeff
 
jlasman said:
If I understand your post correctly, and you want your registrar to do slave or master DNS service, you'd have to ask them.

Jeff
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i already have ask it them , and they say that i only make sure that the ip's of them can make a connection whit my nameserver and can get the zonefiles.

bud how can i setup it, so that for example the ip 192.168.2.3 can download the zonefiles from my nameserver without root access on the slave dns that my registrar runs.

best regards,
Jeroenvd
 
If you have a domain on your directadmin server and have your slave dns at your domain registrar, I think what you may need to do is:

1. On the domain registrar side, they have to know the ip address of your directadmin server (you may have to configure it on the domain registrar side control panel if they have give you one or tell them your server ip so that they can do it for you). You have to do this domain by domain. I think this must be done manually since it is impossible for they to know what domain names is on your directadmin server.

2. On your directadmin server, make sure your port tcp and udp 53 is open so that they can do domain transfer.


I think your domain registrar provide you with free slave dns server for the domain you registered with them only. If you have other domain not registered with them, I think they will not let you use their dns as slave dns.
 
pkilam said:
If you have a domain on your directadmin server and have your slave dns at your domain registrar, I think what you may need to do is:

1. On the domain registrar side, they have to know the ip address of your directadmin server (you may have to configure it on the domain registrar side control panel if they have give you one or tell them your server ip so that they can do it for you). You have to do this domain by domain. I think this must be done manually since it is impossible for they to know what domain names is on your directadmin server.

2. On your directadmin server, make sure your port tcp and udp 53 is open so that they can do domain transfer.


I think your domain registrar provide you with free slave dns server for the domain you registered with them only. If you have other domain not registered with them, I think they will not let you use their dns as slave dns.
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The thing is i don't have DirectAdmin or something on the other slave dns, i only have 4 ip's that most download the zone files from my dns.

Bud i don't have the know how, how i can setup it so that they can download it.


Best regards,
Jeroenvd
 
If you say only the side on your own server, the only thing you need to do is open tcp/udp port 53 if you have iptable or firewall. (I assume you had not modify the default named setting since by default, domain tranfer is allowed for all server)



By the way, are you trying to use your free slave dns for only the domain you registered with your domain registrar, or are you trying to use the free slave servers for ALL DOMAINS hosted on your directadmin server?
 
And when your domain registrar tell you you can use their slave dns server, did they ask you what is the ip address of your directadmin server, or do you know if they know the ip address of the directadmin server where your domain is on?
 
pkilam said:
If you say only the side on your own server, the only thing you need to do is open tcp/udp port 53 if you have iptable or firewall. (I assume you had not modify the default named setting since by default, domain tranfer is allowed for all server)



By the way, are you trying to use your free slave dns for only the domain you registered with your domain registrar, or are you trying to use the free slave servers for ALL DOMAINS hosted on your directadmin server?
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I would like to use the free slave server for al my domains, bud i don't know if this is possible yet.

pkilam said:
And when your domain registrar tell you you can use their slave dns server, did they ask you what is the ip address of your
directadmin server, or do you know if they know the ip address of the directadmin server where your domain is on?
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No, they doesn't know my directadmin ip, in the dns configuration by my registrar i have give my dns as primary server and the slave's of my registrar as secondary.

thank you for the help anyway.

Best regards,
Jeroenvd
 
You said "i have give my dns as primary server "

Is the above primary dns server same as your directadmin server?

ie. for example I assume your domain name is hello.com
in the dns configuration by your registrar
you set your dns as

ns1.hello.com
ns2.registrardns.com
ns3.registrardns.com

where you want ns2.registrardns.com and ns3.registrardns.com to do domain transfer from ns1.hello.com.

did the above config. describe your case correctly?
 
hey,

yes the above example is exactly as i have it now, by my registrar.

in the meaning time i have also contacted my registrar and they said that i only need to open up/tcp port 53 and set in named.conf the allow transfer command with their ip adresses.

regards,
Jeroenvd
 
So, are the slaves able to transfer your domain info. successfully now?

It is interesting for them to know where to pull the zone record from if you haven't ever tell them your directadmin server ip.:)

Have you register the name server ns1.hello.com through your registrar (ie. add glue record for your primary dns )?
May be they got the ip address when you ask them to register the name server for you.
 
pkilam said:
So, are the slaves able to transfer your domain info. successfully now?

It is interesting for them to know where to pull the zone record from if you haven't ever tell them your directadmin server ip.:)

Have you register the name server ns1.hello.com through your registrar (ie. add glue record for your primary dns )?
May be they got the ip address when you ask them to register the name server for you.
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i have checkt it by using : dig domain ns1.myregistrar.net
and it seems to working now ! :D

thanks for you help

Best regards,
Jeroenvd
 
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