I have a couple of name servers running and figured it would be a good idea to have multiple backups actually running in place and fully up to date, so when one of the real ones goes down, the process of finding a replacement will be completely painless.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.centos.org\/modules\/newbb\/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12684<\/a> and the secondary is now fully backed up. I have a couple of name servers running and figured it would be a good idea to have multiple backups actually running in place and fully up to date, so when one of the real ones goes down, the process … Continue reading rpm -qa bind*
\nbind-utils-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2
\nbind-libs-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2<\/code><\/p>\n
\nyum -y install bind
\n...
\n\/etc\/init.d\/named start
\nLocating \/\/etc\/named.conf failed:
\n[FAILED]<\/code>
\ncopy over my ‘secondary’ named.conf file, try again:<\/p>\n\/etc\/init.d\/named start
\n\/etc\/named.conf:10: open: \/etc\/ns1_rndc.key: file not found<\/code>
\ncopied over the file \/etc\/ns1_rndc.key from my other name server
\n
\nzone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA\/IN: loading master file rev.localhost: file not found<\/code>
\ncopied over & updated the rev.localhost file from the other name server<\/p>\ncould not configure root hints from 'named.root': file not found<\/code>
\ncopy over the named.root file from my other server<\/p>\ncouldn't open pid file 'named.pid': Permission denied<\/code>
\nchange the permission on the \/var\/named folder to group writable with
\nchmod 2774 \/var\/named<\/code><\/p>\n
\nNext I set up some shell scripts that copy the named.conf file from the actual secondary name server into place on the backup name servers, so they’ll always be up to date without me needing to do anything further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"