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Hello all,
I cannot get a grip on how DNS and nameservers technically work when I want to use different servers to work as name servers. It seems to be commonly used; are their any dummy-talk-documents to set this up? I would like to know how it technically works and how to set things up to use two different servers (both or one with or without DA) to work as nameservers.
What I don’t understand: I often read something like: ‘use ns1.domain.com on one server and put ns2.domain.com on another server’, so I add a domain to a fresh installed server with DA, add ns1.domain.com and connect it to an IP address and ready. But what do I do on fresh installed server 2? Do I need to add the same domain on server 2 and then add the ns2.domain.com nameserver?
And how is the DNS synchronisation working; do they automatically synchronize ‘because’ they are nameservers? Will DA automatically resolve all domains on both servers to all DNS servers on the Internet? How are server 1 and server 2 connected when it comes to work as DNS nameservers?
In general, in the future I want all my domains on different (growing amount of) servers to use those two nameservers for all my domains but also for my customers domains. Is that even possible in this situation or do I really need to think of creating my own DNS server(s)? When the load will grow I might use more nameservers, but it might be handy to know how it all works
I realize these things are quite basic DNS matters, but when I work through all documentation I am lost half way..
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: to be clear about the situation: I have reseller and user customers who need to be able to change DNS records at all times; no matter on what server they are. And I want to be able to use one and the same domain for all nameservers in the future, like ns1, ns2, ns3 ...etc. (when needed).
I cannot get a grip on how DNS and nameservers technically work when I want to use different servers to work as name servers. It seems to be commonly used; are their any dummy-talk-documents to set this up? I would like to know how it technically works and how to set things up to use two different servers (both or one with or without DA) to work as nameservers.
What I don’t understand: I often read something like: ‘use ns1.domain.com on one server and put ns2.domain.com on another server’, so I add a domain to a fresh installed server with DA, add ns1.domain.com and connect it to an IP address and ready. But what do I do on fresh installed server 2? Do I need to add the same domain on server 2 and then add the ns2.domain.com nameserver?
And how is the DNS synchronisation working; do they automatically synchronize ‘because’ they are nameservers? Will DA automatically resolve all domains on both servers to all DNS servers on the Internet? How are server 1 and server 2 connected when it comes to work as DNS nameservers?
In general, in the future I want all my domains on different (growing amount of) servers to use those two nameservers for all my domains but also for my customers domains. Is that even possible in this situation or do I really need to think of creating my own DNS server(s)? When the load will grow I might use more nameservers, but it might be handy to know how it all works
I realize these things are quite basic DNS matters, but when I work through all documentation I am lost half way..
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: to be clear about the situation: I have reseller and user customers who need to be able to change DNS records at all times; no matter on what server they are. And I want to be able to use one and the same domain for all nameservers in the future, like ns1, ns2, ns3 ...etc. (when needed).
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