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For our local dev server, we routinely add and remove name alias records in our BIND/named server for our local network domain. I usually do this manually through Webmin, just out of convenience. But I do it so often it's annoying and I would imagine it could be automated.

Is there someway to do this easily from the command-line using bash scripts? Ultimately, I'm looking for a way to add, remove and rename name aliases to the server.

And I'm hoping for something a little better than grepping the bind config file and searching/replacing...

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    Setup dynamic updates, and update via nsupdate. See: http://serverfault.com/questions/324741/how-do-you-setup-a-dns-server-in-order-to-be-able-to-add-records-on-the-fly – Zoredache Dec 06 '11 at 22:40
  • Never knew that tool existed. Thank you! If you want to properly answer below I'll give you credit. – Jake Wilson Dec 07 '11 at 18:36

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The method I generally use is to setup the zone for dynamic updates, and then use nsupdate.

I have provided more details in this answer.

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