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Questions tagged [dns-zone]

"A DNS zone is a portion of a domain name space using the Domain Name System (DNS) for which administrative responsibility has been delegated." (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Questions dealt with "zone" deal with administration and configuration of so-called DNS-zones.

Wikipedia explains the two terms:

DNS refers to the Domain Name System, a hierarchical distributed naming system networked entitities such as computers.

A DNS zone is a portion of a domain name space using the DNS for which administrative responsibility has been delegated.

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How to control the redirection of a request, once a host changes a DNS server

I'm sorry if this question is too broad, but I'm not sure where to get started. Basically what I'm trying to accomplish is this: a) I am trying to set up my own private nameservers (say n1.example.com and n2.example.com). Let's say you own…
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Use DNS or similar to re-route URL shortener service when dedicated server is down

I am trying to make a link shortener resilient to server failure by re-routing to a good server. Example: shortener.com/a1b2c3 > forwards to > website1.com (shortener.com and website1.com are on different dedicated servers) For argument's sake,…
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dns website down after moving the different server

One of the website ie intralifeindia.com was moved from dedicated server to vps server. So i just changed the ip address from domain controls. After doing so emails are working but website not appearing. on browser shows dns error. On Whoishosting…
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How to setup DNS to connect 2 servers with 1 Domain?

I have 2 Servers: Server 1 IPs: 45.35.56.194 45.35.56.195 Server 2 IPs: 173.254.214.217 173.254.214.218 Each server has different clients, therefore, Server 1 client has nothing to do with Server 2 clients. To my Server 1 clients I gave these…
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How to show another domain for a reverse lookup

Today when someone do a reverse lookup for my website ip address, it gets my hosting server name (ie. server1.hosting.com). Instead, I want to show the hosted website domain (ie. mywebsite.com) Can I set some kind of alias on the DNS zone to do…
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Redirect a domain name to another domain specific url

Hello guys i am having the domain www.myawesomedomain.com which i would like to redirect to www.myotherdomain.co.uk/modules-plugins/ I have tried this record: * WebForward REDIRECT www.myotherdomain.co.uk/modules-plugins/ But it does not seem to…
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Why my web host has DNS records while my domain is hosted separately and DNS records are there?

I have my domain registered with name.com and the same is my domain host i.e. I use their name servers and all of my DNS records are there only an A record points to my web host while MX records point to Google Apps. My web host is A2hosting that…
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is possible to setting mail server when send email to a domain always target mx record by preference

I have problem when send email to a domain(ex: example.com). in my server's logs always show error : Fail-info: Unable to connect to zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz : Connection timed out Status:PROCESSED - RELAY MBox:INBOX I have checked Mx Record of the domain…
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Point domain name registered with Godaddy and administered on XYZ server to AWS

There is domain e.g example.com registered with Godaddy, hosted on SomeHosting service (The server which serves the contents is here). This same hosting company provides the DNS Zone editor (cPanel) with following (sample) entries ns1.example.com. …
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Setting up DNS server to resolve request to domain "abc.com" to its own host

I have a server with the public ip-address (lets say) 198.20.30.40 I am trying to setup a DNS server on this host so that I can resolve all request to "stackoverflow.com" being made to get resolved as the "198.20.30.40" instead of the actual…
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Configuring Sonic wall tz 500 LAN interface with a internal dns and dhcp

I trying to configuring a sonicwall tz500. I have a internal AD server with DHCP and DNS for the domain. 10.0.0.5 is the address of dhcp and DNS. question is on the LAN 0X interface, do I assign it a static IP in the domain range? Also what would…
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Ping can not find any subdomain at all

Following shows the information of my virtual environment. computer name = spFull computer name = sp.spd.localdomain = spd.localInside DNS there is a Forward lookup zone, its name is spd.local and contians these: CName: name=*, Data=sp.spd.local,…
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How to configure Zone File to point a subdomain to another IP

I'm trying to configure a subdomain for a staging machine we have, to no avail. I'm no expert at all in Zone Files and configuration management, so please be patient if something I say sounds weird or ridiculous. My Provider is Ghandi.net. I'm using…
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CentOS 6.6 and CWP - DNS

I installed the CentOS 6.6 and CWP on my second laptop, I think it is erroneous DNS information.. NS1: ns1.centos-webpanel.com | IP:185.4.149.83 [Change] NS2: ns2.centos-webpanel.com | IP:185.4.149.90 [Change] Server IP: 192.168.1.214 |…
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Match BIND's view to certain users

It's easy to make a BIND's view to match certain IPs with the aid of match-clients directive. But is it possible at all for a view to match not IPs, but users? For example service a is run under user b and when it query BIND, it should get to some…
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