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How to configure Plesk as a slave DNS server

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Alexander Tsmokalyuk
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  • Plesk for Linux

Question

How to configure Plesk as a secondary (slave) DNS server? 

Answer

To make the Plesk DNS server act as a secondary name server:

  1. Log in to Plesk

  2. Go to Websites & Domains > example.com > DNS Settings

  3. Click Master/Slave to switch DNS server modemceclip1.png

  4. Click Add Record and specify the IP address of the primary (master) DNS server:

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  5. Click OK and then click Update:

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  6. Repeat the steps from 2 to 5 for each domain that should be served by Plesk DNS as a secondary server.

     

Note: To roll back the configuration change and make the DNS server act as the primary one, click Master/Slave on the same page and DNS server mode will be switched back.

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