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SSDZ – Shell Script for DNS Zones

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SSDZ (Shell Script for DNS zones) is a useful shell script that I developed to automatize DNS zone management operations. The main functions:

  • Generate DNS zone files from basic template
  • Remove DNS zone itself as well
  • Handle input errors

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Web interfaces for BIND management

Searching for a opportunity to easily administer your domain names? I recommend you to use a web-based control panel where you can update web and mail records and have the results reflected on your DNS servers within minutes. Below is a list of free BIND management tools what allow me to maintain the DNS servers:

DNS Control

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Is a web-based DNS management tool for BIND. You can completely manage a domain from a web interface. It supports maintaining A, MX, and CNAME records, with all information stored in a MySQL database. It is completely written in PHP (smarty for the templates). There are two separate interfaces: for administrators and for end users. The admin interface is for adding/removing/updating passwords for domains in the system. The user interface is for managing a domain
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Redirect WWW traffic while nameservers details are propagating

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While I'm transferring the sites from one server to another I'm changing DNS settings to reflect the new IPs. After that, I usually wait 24-48 hours, until DNS will be served off.

These days I found best way to redirect traffic from one server to another, while the nameservers details are propagating.

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