MyDNS Installation and Configuration

Last modified: 27 Dec 2007

WARNING: This documentation covers Parallels H-Sphere versions up to 3.1. For the latest up-to-date Parallels H-Sphere documentation, please proceed to the official Parallels site.

MyDNS is a DNS server for UNIX that serves records directly from an SQL database and can be used in H-Sphere as an alternative to bind. Currently H-Sphere supports MyDNS to work only with MySQL.

Installation

To configure H-Sphere to work with MyDNS:

1. Download the latest version of MyDNS.
2. Install and configure MyDNS version that is served by MySQL DB on a new or any of your existing H-Sphere servers following the MyDNS installation instructions.
   You can either install MyDNS .rpm package or compile it. Warning: Don't rename the 'mydns' MySQL DB created during the installation.
3. Add the following lines into the ~cpanel/shiva/psoft_config/hsphere.properties file:
   MYDNS_USER = <login>
   MYDNS_PASS = <password>
   MYDNS_DB_HOST = <IP>
   Where:

   login is the MySQL user name to access MyDNS MySQL DB with select/insert/update/delete privileges. You will need to create one more MySQL user than is described in MyDNS installation instructions and GRANT ALL priviledges;
   password is the password for MyDNS user login;
   IP is the IP of the server with MySQL DB created during the installation.

4. In the admin control panel check if MyDNS name server is listed as a server group.. If it's not, log into the system database and execute:
   INSERT INTO l_server_groups (id, type_id, name) VALUES (21, 2, 'MyDNS name server');
5. Restart your CP.
6. If you install MyDNS on a new server, add this physical server.
7. Add MyDNS logical server(s) with the MyDNS name server group and check if it is available for signup.

Uninstallation

To remove H-Sphere DNS service, remove the 'hsphere-bind' package by running: