Administration

Secondary DNS configuration requires the creation of the following items:

Item	Description	Task(s)
Master Server Group	Allows the grouping of master name servers. A master server group defines the set of name servers from which zone data can be transferred.	Create a master server group. Add at least one master server to it.
Secondary Zone Group	Defines the set of secondary zones that will be imported from the name servers that make up a master server group. A secondary zone may only be modified or deleted from its corresponding secondary zone group.	Create a secondary zone group and then perform the following steps: Assign a master server group to it. If needed, add/assign TSIG keys. Define each zone that will be transferred to our Route name servers.

Upon saving a secondary zone group, a full zone transfer (AXFR) will be performed for each new zone. Each secondary zone will contain the following:

• All of the records, including DNSSEC records, associated with the original zone.
• Required NS and Host records for our vanity name servers.

Key information:

• Once you are ready to start serving production traffic through a secondary zone, you should add our vanity name servers as glue records in your domain's registrar.

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• The naming convention for our vanity name servers is s#Represents a sequential number that identifies a Route name server.ns#Represents a sequential number that identifies a Route name server..zonename Represents the name of your secondary zone. (e.g., s1ns1.myzone.com).
• The records used to define our vanity name servers are segregated from other zone records. These records may be viewed by expanding the Default Records section.
• It is possible that a master zone may contain certain types of unsupported records that will not be imported into our system. For this reason, we provide raw transfer data that you may compare against the records imported into our system. We also provide information on any transmission errors that may have occurred during a zone transfer.
• All secondary zone records are read-only. Our secondary zones are automatically updated to reflect changes to the source zone.
• Each secondary zone indicates the serial number, master name server, TSIG, and the date/time stamp of when it was transferred to our system.

• Make sure to authorize zone transfer requests from our Route transfer system to master name servers.

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