New DNS Slave configuration guide

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#1 Tue, 10/10/2006 - 19:39
Joe
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New DNS Slave configuration guide

I've just uploaded a new HOWTO document covering the steps to configure one or more DNS Slaves using Virtualmin plus a Webmin server. While everything covered has been documented in bits and pieces before, it is such a common requirement (pretty much everyone running a hosting system needs it) it was worth putting it all into one concise document. <p> The new guide is located in the[a href="http://www.virtualmin.com/support/documentation/">Documentation</a> section of our website and is entitled[a href="http://www.virtualmin.com/support/documentation/virtualmin-dns-slaves/">... DNS Slaves Quickstart</a> <p> Please let me know if you run into any problems following these steps.

Wed, 12/20/2006 - 23:48
baraboom

Whats the minimum webmin version for the proposed slave in this scenario? I've got webmin 1.180 on a debian box set up for the slave but when I try to add it thru the master's &quot;Cluster Slave&quot; area, I get the error message:

This server does not have the BIND DNS Server

Thanks in advance for any pointers,

-baraboom

Thu, 01/04/2007 - 12:05
baraboom

FYI, updating Webmin fixed this problem.

-boom

Thu, 01/04/2007 - 23:28 (Reply to #3)
Joe
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Hey Daniel,

It's worth noting here that while I'm a huge proponent of &quot;use the OS-provided package when possible&quot; system administration, the Debian Webmin package is utterly unusable for a number of reasons. It's really, really, old and has been unmaintained for years. It lacks a number of security improvements in more recent versions. And it breaks up Webmin into dozens of tiny packages--none of which really work without the rest. Because Webmin relies so heavily on code sharing between the various modules, it should be thought of as a single application--those modules that Jamie believes should be distributed separately (e.g. Virtualmin, Simple Firewall, various niche modules, etc.), <i>are</i> distributed separately. This latter problem is the one you were seeing--the Debian &quot;webmin&quot; package can't actually do much because it doesn't have most of the modules!

So, making use of Jamie's .deb and using the latest version is the way to go.

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