Change from MyDNS to Bind

[kerrsmith]

I am just wondering if there is a way to go from using myDNS to Bind?

I have just upgraded to the latest version and see that Bind can now be used and was thinking about trying to change.

It is more of an experiment really, myDNS works perfectly well but I just thought I might have a go on my test server.

[kerrsmith]

Is it a matter of just deleting myDNS, installing Bind using apt and then running the upgrade script again or is it not really possible unless you are starting from a clean install?

[till]

The bind setup is based on config files and not on a mysql database, this makes switching to bind a bit more complicated. If you want to switch form mydns to bind, you have to uninstall mydns, then install bind, then run the ispconfig update.php and select to reconfigure services. Then go to the ispconfig server settings and check that the path for the named.conf file and the directory for the bind config files is correct. Afterwards you will have to edit every dns record (zone) in ispconfig, change a value like the ttl and click on save, so that the bind files get written for this record.

[kerrsmith]

Thanks for the information, I did the following and it appears to have worked as expected:

Deleted myDNS from the server and removed from startup directories
Restarted server
Installed Bind9
Downloaded ISPConfig and ran update.php
Logged in to control panel and checked DNS settings under the Server Config menu, they were all correct
Edited DNS record to trigger an update
Manually checked the bind directory and the new DNS file was created

It looks as if everything worked and the new Bind DNS server is responding to requests for the domain names it hosts.

Thanks again for the help.

[admins]

And how do you do the dns replication with bind?
I run with mydns the dns replicationscript wich franz has written.
May bind isn't based on mysql.

Could you write a howto, with the path where i must delete the mydns files and startup entries?

Thanks
admins

[till]

Why do you want to switch to bind with your current setup? The functions that yu have now ith mydns are the same then with bind.

[djbill]

Originally Posted by till

The bind setup is based on config files and not on a mysql database, this makes switching to bind a bit more complicated. If you want to switch form mydns to bind, you have to uninstall mydns, then install bind, then run the ispconfig update.php and select to reconfigure services. Then go to the ispconfig server settings and check that the path for the named.conf file and the directory for the bind config files is correct. Afterwards you will have to edit every dns record (zone) in ispconfig, change a value like the ttl and click on save, so that the bind files get written for this record.

Thank You, works fine for me on Debian 4.0