From: JINMEI Tatuya Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 00:51:33 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [2964] updated guide regarding xfrin changes, especially initial setup. X-Git-Tag: bind10-1.2.0beta1-release~423^2~9 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=53d462aedda7e6f2527dff34a6da25ef58ec298b;p=thirdparty%2Fkea.git [2964] updated guide regarding xfrin changes, especially initial setup. --- diff --git a/doc/guide/bind10-guide.xml b/doc/guide/bind10-guide.xml index 5924f702e7..927bb3bc4c 100644 --- a/doc/guide/bind10-guide.xml +++ b/doc/guide/bind10-guide.xml @@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ can use various data source backends. There's also Auth/database_file configuration variable, pointing to a SQLite3 database file. This is no longer used by b10-auth, but it is left in place for - now, since other modules use it. Once b10-xfrin, + now, since other modules use it. Once b10-zonemgr, b10-xfrout and b10-ddns are ported to the new configuration, this will disappear. But for now, make sure that if you use any of these modules, the new @@ -2731,10 +2731,23 @@ TODO
Configuration for Incoming Zone Transfers - In practice, you need to specify a list of secondary zones to - enable incoming zone transfers for these zones (you can still - trigger a zone transfer manually, without a prior configuration - (see below)). + In order to enable incoming zone transfers for a secondary + zone, you will first need to make the zone "exist" in some + data source. + One easy way to do this is to create an empty zone using the + b10-loadzone utility. + For example, this makes an empty zone (or empties any existing + content of the zone) "example.com" in the default data source + for b10-loadzone (which is SQLite3-based + data source): + $ b10-loadzone -e example.com + + + + Next, you need to specify a list of secondary zones to + enable incoming zone transfers for these zones in most + practical cases (you can still trigger a zone transfer + manually, without a prior configuration (see below)). @@ -2749,6 +2762,17 @@ TODO (We assume there has been no zone configuration before). + + + + There is a plan to revise overall zone management + configuration (which are primary and secondary zones, which + data source they are stored, etc) so it can be configured + more consistently and in a unified way among various BIND 10 modules. + When it's done, part or all of the initial configuration + setup described in this section may be deprecated. + +