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Creating some cool DNS based load balancing and geo aware server selection. gdnsd is an opensource alternative to commercial products. Setup will monitor the Service (SQUID) and remove non responsive services. Install on FreeBSDConfig for gdnsdZone configurationTests Install on FreeBSD pkg install gdnsd3 Config for gdnsd /usr/local/etc/gdnsd/config options => { tcp_timeout => 15 ; zonefile-style …
Sometimes there is the need to have an forwarding only name server. named.conf/etc/resolv.confDocker enviroments named.conf controls { net 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { "rndc-key"; }; }; key "rndc-key" { algorithm "hmac-md5"; secret "somesecret-for-rndc"; }; options { directory "/etc/named.d"; listen-on { 127.0.0.1; }; max-cache-ttl 600; max-ncache-ttl 300; forward only; forwarders { <IP of SERVER1>; …
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