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How to integrate Plesk with a secondary (slave) DNS server?

Dobrin Ivanov
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Plesk ABT: Group A kb: auxiliary dns

Applicable to:

  • Plesk

Question

How to integrate primary Plesk DNS server with secondary Slave DNS server?

Answer

Plesk as Master DNS + external Linux-based DNS server

The integration can be performed using Slave DNS Manager extension available in Extensions Catalog in Plesk: Plesk > Extensions > install Slave DNS Manager > Add Slave > specify Slave DNS IP Address

Visit Plesk Administrator's Guide for instructions on setting up a secondary DNS.

Plesk as Master DNS + DNS on a cloud service

Use one of the following Plesk extensions:

Plesk as Master DNS + another Plesk as slave DNS

Note: If the Slave server has Plesk installed, there is no need to install the Slave DNS Manager extension.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Create the same domains in both Master and Slave Plesk servers

    Warning: The same domains should exist on both master and slave Plesk servers. It prevents DNS data from getting corrupted.

  2. Change DNS to Slave mode on Slave server side in Domains > example.com > DNS Settings > Switch to Slave
  3. Click Add Record
  4. Specify the IP address of the primary (master) DNS server
  5. Click OK
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    Elias Thanos

    Hi 

    my Linux-based DNS server has IPv6, is Slave DNS Manager extension compatible with IPv6?

     

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    Jerome Eschweiler

    Hello Elias,

    I checked and it appears to be compatible with IPv6 as well.

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    Howard Sin

    How about Windows DNS as slave ?

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