On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 01:43:44PM +0000, Craig Skinner wrote: > Congratulations Chris on starting to learn the trade of a hostmaster. > > Being a hostmaster is a specialist skill, like being a webmaster, or > sysadmin, or postmaster - each is a vastly different skill set. >
I'm happy to be taking this step. Thanks for the book recommendations! I'm also liking the aspect of not having to worry about whether when there is a problem if it's my fault or their fault. It then will clearly be my fault if things aren't right and I can discover what I'm doing wrong and not second guessing who is to blame. I'm also concerned that Godaddy may very well be at fault in order to push people to host with them instead of on their own. $$ speak volumes! They also charge hefty fees if you want to change registrars. I already bought ebooks on SSH Mastery, Httpd and relayd, and DNSSEC by M. Lucas. Bad side is that I prefer real books. Somehow I get delayed reading ebooks vs. real books. I definitely have a lot to learn! At this point it seems best for me to cut out the possibility of someone else being the problem. Then I know exactly who to blame: me I will not just jump off the bridge without learning a lot more first. That would be stupid on my part! Chris Bennett > On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:38:12 -0800 Chris Bennett wrote: > > I have had problems with setting up DNS for myself and I need it to be > > authoritative. > > Configure NSD. > > > > I have my domains registered with Godaddy and they do not support for > > domains not hosted on their servers. > > Move the domains to a different registrar. > > > > I have been using their DNS without big problems, except that I'm > > not getting proper results with regards to email. > > Eh???? > > > > I've got a pretty bad problem with spam. > > > Eh? DNS is not SMTP. For postmaster problems, learn spamd, etc. > > > > I now have 2 servers, each with a different company. > > > > Will that then solve the problems with PTR, DKIM and DMARC? > > Have you taken the time to learn about these records, then create them? > > > > I also particularly hate the web GUI that Godaddy uses > > Move the domains to a different registrar. > > > > and its SOA record is much too long timewise. > > A hostmaster creates the SOA record however he likes. > > > > Should I set it up with just one of my servers or both? > > Create the zone files on your master NSD server, > and have your slave NSD server(s) AXFR the zones over. > > > > One is in Los Angeles and the other is in Miami. > > Cool. > > > > Do I need to use a different one to cover the other server or can I > > just use the same one to cover the email stuff like DKIM and DMARC? > > > Eh???? Dask sa9ik 2pw0xsl ald0damdn doa. OK? Ace! > > > > > > Since I'm having problems from the ground up, this seems like a good > > idea to start at. > > > > Reading at least 1 book about DNS and learning seems way better to me. > > > > For a beginner hostmaster, the book "DNS and BIND" by Nicolai Langfeldt > is a good place to start the subject. > > On from there, "DNS and BIND" by Cricket Liu & Paul Albitz is a good > next read. > > Zytrax publish their DNS book online: http://www.Zytrax.Com/books/dns/ > > > As you'll be using NSD, translate the ideas into NSD's configuration > style. You need to step back from implementation details and learn why > before how. Learn the difference between masters and slaves and their > transfers, A records and CNAMES, and why a hostmaster would use each > for various circumstances - before getting into DKIM & DMARC. > > > Cheers! > -- > Craig Skinner | http://linkd.in/yGqkv7 >
