Hi, OK, so I want to run my own DNS servers, and since it would be a waste of a good server not to, I want them to also serve my own domains.
Option 1: Use a Free Dynamic-DNS service provider to point to my DNS servers.
Option 2: Get Glue records into Uniforum.
While Option 1 is certainly possible, it stinks. So my first question is _HOW_ do I get UniForum to set Glue records for my domain?
At a guess I just submit an update and include the actual IP addresses for these two servers in the update form? Am I right that all domains have glue records, just normally they aren't circular because the DNS servers belong to a web hosting company? In other words you specify the IP address only when the glue records would otherwise result in a circular reference?
Secondly I will be using EC2 in two different availability zones for my DNS servers. But my domains are all something.co.za. DNS service providers, including Amazon Route 53, like to stress the fact that they have .co.uk and .com and all kinds of other names attached to their DNS servers. Should I go register some dummy .co.uk etc name servers in order to get full redundancy (eg to remove uniforum's name servers as single point of failure). If I do, how would customer's reach the glue records in any case?
I can't imagine how it would help: if someone is looking up mydomain.co.za and find two name servers, eg ns1.mydomain.co.za, and a second one being ns2.dummydomain.co.uk, both of these would then resolve to web site. But when UniForum is down there are no way to find out what servers are the DNS servers for my domain in any case!!!???
Thanx,
_J
Option 1: Use a Free Dynamic-DNS service provider to point to my DNS servers.
Option 2: Get Glue records into Uniforum.
While Option 1 is certainly possible, it stinks. So my first question is _HOW_ do I get UniForum to set Glue records for my domain?
At a guess I just submit an update and include the actual IP addresses for these two servers in the update form? Am I right that all domains have glue records, just normally they aren't circular because the DNS servers belong to a web hosting company? In other words you specify the IP address only when the glue records would otherwise result in a circular reference?
Secondly I will be using EC2 in two different availability zones for my DNS servers. But my domains are all something.co.za. DNS service providers, including Amazon Route 53, like to stress the fact that they have .co.uk and .com and all kinds of other names attached to their DNS servers. Should I go register some dummy .co.uk etc name servers in order to get full redundancy (eg to remove uniforum's name servers as single point of failure). If I do, how would customer's reach the glue records in any case?
I can't imagine how it would help: if someone is looking up mydomain.co.za and find two name servers, eg ns1.mydomain.co.za, and a second one being ns2.dummydomain.co.uk, both of these would then resolve to web site. But when UniForum is down there are no way to find out what servers are the DNS servers for my domain in any case!!!???
Thanx,
_J