DNS Only - How to clear all records

tomdchi

• December 05, 2016 10:17

I have a new DNS Only installation and something is not working right and I would like to remove all zone records and re-sync from another DNS server. Is there a procedure for doing this? The DNS Only admin does not have the option to remove zone files. Would I just remove all zones from /var/named?

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 05, 2016 17:20

  Hello, You can backup the zones, remove them from the /var/named directory, and then rebuild the /etc/named.conf file via the following commands:
  cp -a /var/named /var/backup-named rm /var/named/*.db /scripts/rebuilddnsconfig
  Thank you.

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  tomdchi

  • December 05, 2016 17:49

  Hello, You can backup the zones, remove them from the /var/named directory, and then rebuild the /etc/named.conf file via the following commands:
  cp -a /var/named /var/backup-named rm /var/named/*.db /scripts/rebuilddnsconfig
  Thank you.

  
  Should the files in /var/named/cache be removed as well?

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 05, 2016 17:55

  Should the files in /var/named/cache be removed as well?

  
  Yes, you can remove the zone files from the /var/named/cache directory as well. Thank you.

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