How to properly setup DNS under Ensim?
Here's the problem.
New dedicated box, came configured like this:
machine name: ns.domain.com IP 1.1.1.1
nameserver 1: ns.domain.com IP 1.1.1.1
nameserver 2 ns2.domain.com IP 1.1.1.2
No zones were defined in BIND, and although I could ping the IPs, there was no rDNS info available.
Next, I set up a zone for domain.com and added the following records:
domain.com "A" address 1.1.1.1
ns.domain.com "A" address 1.1.1.1
ns2.domain.com "A" address 1.1.1.2
After adding the ns2 entry, I got the following error message in Ensim: "Result : Errors in updating Record.
Creating Record: Make sure the reverse address zone exists.", although it looks as though the record was created anyway.
As it stands, I can ping the 2 nameserver IPs, but a rDNS lookup brings back "no reverse dns". Doing a "dig" for domain.com on the nameserver ip's brings back "cannot connect to nameserver(s)".
Thinking maybe I needed to define an IP-based site, I did just that. Created a site "testdomain.net" with the IP 1.1.1.3. I can reach the test site fine by IP, but again, no rDNS, and "dig" for testdomain.net on the nameserver ip's brings back "cannot connect to nameserver(s)".
Finally, after creating the test site, the following entry appeared in my zone list:
4.227.66.in-addr.arpa
with the following entries:
HOST: 211.4.227.66.in-addr.arpa
TYPE: Reverse Address (PTR)
DATA: mytestdomain.net
HOST: 4.227.66.in-addr.arpa
TYPE: Name Server (NS)
DATA: ns.domain.com
I still can't connect to the nameservers, still get no rDNS on any of these IPs, and am absolutely beyond knowing what to do anymore at this point. The Ensim docs have not gotten me past this, nor have the various tutorials I've found here and there.I know it's not Ensim, because it works fine for other people, right? This should not be this difficult, so I need to know where I'm blowing it.
ANY help at all that anyone can offer would be tremendously appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob
