How to set cPanel's cluster DNS (correctly)?

desfire

Hi there,

For the first time ever I am setting cPanel's cluster DNS and I am unsure if I am doing it in the right place.

I have two servers:
s1.servername.com
s2.servername.com

with two nameservers, each one contains one IP of each server:
ns1.servername.com (IP of s1.servername.com)
ns2.servername.com (IP of s2.servername.com),

Then I created a cluster from s1 to s2 with the option write-only, and created another cluster connection from s2 to s1 with write-only.

Is this the right configuration? Should I use sync instead of write-only? Or is there a better way of clustering?

Thanks in advance!

ramnet

cPanel has very good online documentation. I would suggest you read it.

https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/72Docs/DNS+Cluster

seaeagle

i have ns1->ns2 write only
on ns2 i have standalone

desfire

@ramnet said:
cPanel has very good online documentation. I would suggest you read it.

https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/72Docs/DNS+Cluster

I already did thanks, but I think my post is whereas my configuration is right or if it is one better.

desfire

@seaeagle said:
i have ns1->ns2 write only
on ns2 i have standalone

With that config, server one will write all changes to server 2, whereas server two will not report back to s1 right?

seaeagle

Server 2 is just there for redundancy - you never even log onto it other than to ensure its updated.

ramnet

@desfire said:
Then I created a cluster from s1 to s2 with the option write-only, and created another cluster connection from s2 to s1 with write-only.

Is this the right configuration? Should I use sync instead of write-only?

It seems to me you should set both to sync since you have 2 master servers and want dns records shared between both of them in both directions.

Or is there a better way of clustering?

Using dedicated cPanel dnsonly instances is the better way.

seaeagle

i may have misunderstood - im using this setup with dnsonly instances.