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MyDNS notify not working

I know this has been discussed a million times, but I just can't get it working.

I'm running ISPconfig 3.0.3 (just upgraded from 3.0.1.6) on Ubuntu 9.04. On this server, I have MyDNS 1.2.8.27 as the master DNS. Then I have a second server running bind9 on Ubuntu 10.04 as the slave DNS (no ISPconfig here).

On the master (MyDNS) I have:

Code:

allow-axfr = yes

allow-tcp = yes

allow-update = yes

notify-enabled = yes

notify-source = 0.0.0.0

Also, each zone has the slave's IP in the xfer field.

On the slave (bind9) I have:

Code:

server <MASTER_IP> {

    request-ixfr no;

};

As well as all the zones from the master like this:

Code:

zone "<DOMAIN>" {

    type slave;

    file "/var/cache/bind/db.<DOMAIN>";

    masters { <MASTER_IP>; };

};

The problem is, the slave only receives notifies when MyDNS is restarted on the master. However, if I change a DNS record in ISPconfig, no notification is sent to the slave, and consequently the slave does not receive the updated record. If I run `rndc retransfer <DOMAIN>` on the slave, the record gets updated.

What could be the cause of this problem?

As you wrote already, thats a known problem with mydns.

Quote:

What could be the cause of this problem?

mydns

The only solution is to use bind instead of mydns.

Quote:

Originally Posted by till (Post 246144)

The only solution is to use bind instead of mydns.

Is it possible to make ISPconfig either restart mydns every time a DNS record is changed, or (better) call a remote script on the slave server, which can then invoke a rndc retransfer?

I would also gladly use bind instead of mydns, but I fear making the switch on a live server with lots of zones is far from trivial.

I decided to switch to bind after all. It turns out it's not that difficult at all. I followed your instructions and it all went fine. After the switch, notifies started working out-of-the-box, no configuration necessary.

Thanks for your help, till.