Setting up redundant nameservers

businezz

• April 10, 2022 21:01

Hi, I have 2 servers, dedicated and vps on separate locations. I would like to setup redundant nameservers, and looks like i have to setup dns cluster? Both servers have websites on it with active accounts. Dedicated: ns1.domain.com ns2.domain.com Vps ns1.domain.com ns2.domain.com I don't mind getting another separate domain just for this purpose. Can i use the same domain name for cluster dns ns1.domain.com on one server and ns2.domain.com on the other server? I was reading some of the docs It looks like i should be installing DNSonly. My question is, can install DNSonly and setup cluster dns while i have active accounts on both servers or do i have to setup this on empty servers first? Is this the right way to setup redundant dns? Or is there other way to achieve this? Thanks

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • April 11, 2022 18:30

  Hey there! Using the same domain across all the nameservers is just fine. Each "ns.domain.com" you create is really just a subdomain. DNSOnly is designed to be just that - a stripped-down cPanel tool that only serves DNS content. It doesn't have the ability to host websites or content, and needs to be installed on an empty machine as a new server. You then link the webservers to the DNSOnly systems:

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  businezz

  • April 11, 2022 18:36

  Hey there! Using the same domain across all the nameservers is just fine. Each "ns.domain.com" you create is really just a subdomain. DNSOnly is designed to be just that - a stripped-down cPanel tool that only serves DNS content. It doesn't have the ability to host websites or content, and needs to be installed on an empty machine as a new server. You then link the webservers to the DNSOnly systems:

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • April 11, 2022 19:35

  DNSOnly systems currently are free! You could also use a webserver as one of the DNS cluster nameserver machines, but it's not something we recommend as that can lead to confusion.

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  businezz

  • April 11, 2022 19:36

  DNSOnly systems currently are free! You could also use a webserver as one of the DNS cluster nameserver machines, but it's not something we recommend as that can lead to confusion.

  
  Thanks, i'll give it a try.

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  quietFinn

  • April 11, 2022 19:55

  ... I guess i'll need sepate cPanel license as well since it's a new server?

  
  cPanel license for a DNSONLY server is free of charge (at least for now :rolleyes: )

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  businezz

  • April 11, 2022 19:56

  cPanel license for a DNSONLY server is free of charge (at least for now :rolleyes: )

  
  I meant cpanel license alone, not dnsonly :)

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