Secondary Zone Group Administration

The purpose of a secondary zone group is to define one or more secondary zones. A secondary zone will be created for each zone defined in a secondary zone group. These secondary zones will be populated with:

• A default set of records that identify our vanity name servers.
• The set of records associated with the original zone. These records are retrieved via a full zone transfer (AXFR).

Although the administration of these secondary zones is performed from the secondary zone group, you may only view the records associated with that secondary zone by clicking on it from the Route (DNS) page.

Key information:

• A master server group must be assigned to a secondary zone group. All master name servers associated with that group will be queried every 120 seconds per zone to check for updates.

• Administer transaction signature (TSIG) keys when defining a secondary zone group.

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• Each zone must be added individually to a secondary zone group.
• A full zone transfer will take place for each new zone upon saving the secondary zone group.
• A zone should only be added to a single secondary zone group. Duplicate secondary zones are not allowed.
• If your zone name does not end in a period, then one will be appended for you. This is standard DNS notation and indicates that the zone name is fully qualified.
• Deleting a secondary zone group will also delete all of its secondary zones.

To create a secondary zone group

1. Navigate to the Route (DNS) page.
2. Click Add New. The Add New dialog box will appear.
3. From the Type option, select "Secondary Zone Group."
4. In the Name option, type the name of the secondary zone group.
5. Click Add.
6. Select a master server group from the –Select Master Server Group – option. The selected group should only contain name servers that are authoritative for the zones that will be defined in this new secondary zone group.

7. Optional. If you would like to authenticate DNS updates through TSIG, then you will need to perform the following steps for each desired master name server:

   • Define a TSIG key.

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   • Assign a TSIG key to a master name server. A TSIG key can be assigned to a master name server by simply selecting it from the –Select TSIG – option that appears next to it.

8. Perform the follow steps for each zone that will be associated with this group:

   1. In the Add zone option, type the name of the zone that will be transferred to our DNS service. A period will be automatically appended to zone names that do not end in a period.
   2. Click Add.
9. Click Submit Group. A full zone transfer will be performed for each zone associated with this new secondary zone group. These secondary zones can be viewed from the Route (DNS) page.

To modify a secondary zone group

1. Navigate to the Route (DNS) page.
2. Click on the secondary zone group that you would like to modify.
3. Assign a different master server group by simply selecting it from the –Select Master Server Group – option. Keep in mind that the selected master server group should only contain name servers that are authoritative for the zones defined in this secondary zone group.

4. Optional. If you would like to modify TSIG authentication settings, then you will need to perform the following steps for each desired master name server:

   1. If DNS updates for a particular master name server should not leverage TSIG authentication, then set the –Select TSIG – option to "- Select TSIG -."

   2. If you would like to change the TSIG key assigned to a master name server, then simply select the desired key from the –Select TSIG – option that appears next to it. If the desired key hasn't been registered, then you should add it.

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5. Perform the following steps to add a zone:

   1. In the Add zone option, type the name of the zone that will be transferred to our DNS service. A period will be automatically appended to zone names that do not end in a period.
   2. Click Add.

6. Perform the following steps to modify a zone:

   1. Click "Edit" next to the desired zone.
   2. Review and/or modify the name associated with that zone.
   3. Click Done.

7. Perform the following steps to delete a zone:

   1. Click "Edit" next to the desired zone.
   2. Click .

   3. Click Submit Group to save your changes. The following actions will take place upon saving your changes:

      • A full zone transfer will take place for newly added or modified zone. A secondary zone will be added for each transferred zone. If you modified a zone, then the original secondary zone will be deleted.
      • If you deleted a zone from the group, then the corresponding secondary zone will be deleted.

To delete a secondary zone group

1. Navigate to the Route (DNS) page.
2. Hover the cursor over the desired secondary zone group.
3. Click the delete icon () that appears next to it.
4. When prompted, confirm the deletion of that secondary zone group.