[Pdns-users] Master/Slave operations?

[Christopher Arnold]

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, bert hubert wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0100, Christopher Arnold wrote:
>> But how do i configure pdns to allow a third server, ns3. As either
>> master or slave?
>
> 'just do it'. In your case however there is a slight problem, both your
> mysql master and server powerdns will consider themselves master or slave.
>
> The trick is probably to have one of your pdns installations run passively,
> without either 'master' or 'slave' in the configuration, and have the other
> one be both.
>
> List domains that you want to be master for as master, slave when you want
> to be slave.
>
> If you do it that way, life will be simple - your own slave won't undertake
> any action. Third parties will only speak, or be spoken to, by your own
> master.
>
Now i get it.

And i also realise that "type=NATIVE" is in effective an NOP. I got 
confused and thought that i would change pdns (internal db sync) 
operations by choosing master or slave.

I believe the documentation could be a little bit clearer about this.


 	/Chris