Re: [webmin-devel] djbdns/tinydns suppport for virtualmin?
John Gray <[email protected]> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:02:51 -0400
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Ok, though I noticed one reference in virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl to your var. I thought it might be good if virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl didn't have to worry about which dns module did it. John Jamie Cameron wrote: > I'd suggest another variable, just in case someone has both a BIND > and djbdns domain enabled for the same virtual server (crazy as that > sounds :-) > > Perhaps name is djbdns_submode > > - Jamie > > On 08/Aug/2008 13:52 John Gray wrote .. >> I see the bind code uses dns_submode to denote this. >> >> I guess the question is this: Better for the tinydns code to use the >> same var, or another one? >> >> John >> >> Jamie Cameron wrote: >>> On 08/Aug/2008 13:21 John Gray wrote .. >>>> Hi Jamie, >>>> >>>> I took the powerdns module, and used to it from template to setting up >>>> module for tinydns. I have it working now (though it needs some config >>>> work yet). >>> Awesome! If it's OK, you should make it publicly available when it is done.. >>> I know several people have expressed interest in djbdns due to it's lower >>> memory use. >>> >>>> As I was working on it, I came across a big question. Sometimes we add >>>> aliases to existing domains to into already existing domain, for instances. >>>> >>>> we add >>>> foo.com, then add an alias for it as foo.bar.com, and bar.com is an >>>> existing domain on the server. With that foo.bar.com is added as new >>>> domain, instead of entry for foo being added to bar.com. >>>> >>>> I was toying with the idea of checking to see if a higher-level domain >>>> is there, so for example if I am adding >>>> a.b.c.d I'd check for b.c.d, then c.d, then d. If I find one of them, >>>> then I'd add entries to it, instead of creating a new domain. >>>> >>>> But I wondered if that would screw up other things? >>> That is a perfectly reasonable approach - in fact, Virtualmin already does >>> this for BIND when you add a sub-domain. You just have to make sure your >>> code keeps track of whether the djbdns domain was added as a real zone or >>> just as entries in an existing zone. The best way is to set some key in the >>> domain hash passed to the feature_setup function, which will be saved and >>> available when feature_modify and feature_delete are called. >>> >>> - Jamie >>> >>>> Sound like a good idea or bad? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> John >>>> >>>> Jamie Cameron wrote: >>>>> On 02/Aug/2008 09:36 John Gray wrote .. >>>>>> There doesn't appear to be any tinydns support for virtualmin (or did I >>>>>> overlook it)? >>>>>> >>>>>> With recent events, I think I've had enough of bind. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not very concerned with configuring tinydns as much as just the day >>>>>> to day issues of adding/deleting domains/entries. Tinydns has cmd line >>>>>> utilities for doing all this, so I would imagine it would be fairly easy >>>>>> to write a module to do it. But I don't want to invent the wheel. >>>>>> >>>>>> If nothing exists, I'll create one ala the exim module (basicly just >>>>>> what I need to facilitate adding/deleting/modifing virtual servers in >>>>>> virtualmin). >>>>> Hi John, >>>>> >>>>> At the moment, there is no support for tinydns or djbdns in Virtualmin. >>>>> However, it's plugin architecture would make this pretty easy to add - >>>>> for example, I did one for PowerDNS a while ago that can be used instead >>>>> of the regular BIND feature. >>>>> >>>>> You can get it from : >>>>> http://www.webmin.com/cgi-bin/search_third.cgi?search=powerdns >>>>> and check out the source. >>>>> >>>>> - Jamie >>>> -- >>>> John Gray [email protected] >>>> AgoraNet, Inc. (302) 224-2475 >>>> 314 E. 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