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What is a delegation zone?
A delegation is a record in a parent zone that lists a name server that is authoritative for the zone in the next level of the hierarchy. Delegations make it possible for servers in one zone to refer clients to servers in other zones. The name server (NS) resource record provides the name of an authoritative server.
What is zone delegation and stub zone?
A delegated zone is a zone managed by (delegated to) another name server who owns the authority for the zone. A stub zone contains records that identify the authoritative name servers in another zone.
How do I delegate a zone to another DNS server?
To create a delegation, right-click the domain (example.com) and select New Delegation from the shortcut menu. Click Next in the Delegated Domain Name wizard. Type the sub-domain under ‘Delegated domain” you want to delegate. Click Next.
Where are BIND zone files stored?
/var/named/ directory
The BIND nameserver named server uses the /etc/named. conf file for configuration. All zone files are placed in the /var/named/ directory.
What does a zone file look like?
A zone file is a text based file with a format defined in RFC 1035 and 1034 and is stored on a DNS server (name server). Zone files contain the IP and name data, MX records and other service records. They also contain glue data that connects them to the other DNS servers.
How to delegate Subzone to a BIND server?
Suppose my AD domain is mydomain.lan, and my regular BIND domain is example.com. I’m setting my BIND server as authoritive for lan., but would like to delegate mydomain.lan. to the AD server’s IP.
How to delegate DNS in Microsoft DNS or bind for Global server load balancing?
To delegate a Microsoft DNS for Global Server Load Balancing on a NetScaler appliance, complete the following procedure: Create the address records for the two NetScaler appliances that you want to handle delegation. Remove any entry from the host records, If there is any, for the service we are delegating.
How to bind a sub domain to a zone?
BIND – delegate a sub domain for a zone.
What happens when you delegate a DNS address?
As a result, the DNS server, which holds the delegation, follows the delegation and requests an Address record from the NetScaler appliance. Therefore, if you have not yet completed the Global Server Load Balancing ADNS setup, you might observe a timeout.