Re: CNAME and powerdns

[Ronny Aasen <ronny@skolelinux.no>]

Martin Schulte wrote:
> Thanks,
> now i add
>
>    ---------------
>    dn: dc=ntinstall,dc=intern,ou=hosts,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no
>    objectclass: top
>    objectclass: dnsdomain
>    objectclass: domainrelatedobject
>    dc: ntinstall
>    cnamerecord: tjener.intern
>    associateddomain: ntinstall.intern
>    ---------------
>
> to the /etc/ldap/dns:skole.ldif . After this i run
>
>    ---------------
>    ldapadd -xZWD 'cn=admin,ou=People,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no' -f
>    '/etc/ldap/dns_skole.ldif'
>    ---------------
>
> i get the message:
>
>    ---------------
>    adding new entry "ou=hosts,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no"
>    ldap_add: Already exists (68)
>    ---------------
>
> but seems to be OK (?) But after this, i can't reach ntinstall (e.g. 
> ping ntinstall --> ping: unknown host ntinstall)
>
> So is there something more to do, to set a CNAME?
>
> Thanks, Martin
>
>
> Andreas Schockenhoff schrieb:
> > Dear Martin,
> >
> > Am Samstag, den 13.03.2010, 19:56 +0100 schrieb Martin Schulte:
> > > hello,
> > > i'm trying to add a CNAME for tjener (the new name should be 
> > > ntinstall , which should be refer to tjener, for bind it was 
> > > 'ntinstall CNAME tjener')
> > > After reading something about powerdns i add the following to the 
> > > /etc/ldap/dns_skole.ldif
> > > ---------------
> > > dn: dc=ntinstall,dc=intern,ou=hosts,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no
> > > objectclass: top
> > > objectclass: dnsdomain
> > > objectclass: domainrelatedobject
> > > dc: ntinstall
> > > cnamerecord: tjener.intern
> > > associateddomain: ntinstall.intern
> > > ---------------
> > >
> > > but it doesn't work. I don't know much about ldap and DNS, maybe 
> > > there ist someone how can give me a short advise, how to add a CNAME 
> > > in powerdns.
> > But this data would only read at install time!
> > You must add your entries to the ldap data base. Have a look at 
> > ldapadd .... Also you can compare your solution with www ... in the 
> > ldap data base
> > because this is a cname for tjener. Have a look at ldapsearch.
> > bye Andreas

Did you remember to update the serialnumber of the SOA record ? without 
incrementing the serial number powerdns will think that the zone is 
unchanged. (this is similar to bind)

Ronny


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