User manual PARALLELS HELM 4.1.2 SECONDARY MICROSOFT DNS SERVER PROVIDER GUIDE REV 1.0

[. . . ] The names of commands, files, directories, and domain names. Example Go to the System tab. Read the Basic Administration chapter. The system supports the so called wildcard character search. Monospace The license file is located in the http://docs/common/ licenses directory. Preface Preformatted # ls ­al /files total 14470 5 On-screen computer output in your commandline sessions; source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages. What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output. Preformatted Bold # cd /root/rpms/php CAPITALS Names of keys on the keyboard. SHIFT, CTRL, ALT KEY+KEY Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another. CTRL+P, ALT+F4 Feedback If you have found a mistake in this guide, or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to improve this guide, please send your feedback using the online form at http://www. parallels. com/en/support/usersdoc/. [. . . ] Default Name Server Name Server: The most likely scenario is that you have already added the default name server into Default DNS service on your primary DNS server. If this is the case, you can add your secondary name server into this field. Example: ns2. webhost. com IP Address: This field allows you to configure the corresponding IP for the name server you have just selected. Optional Name Server Enabled Check box: Checking this box enables you to setup a second name server within this service. Name Server: You can add the details of another (optional) name server into this field, if you have one. Example: ns3. webhost. com IP Address: Here you can place the corresponding IP for your optional (secondary/tertiary) name server. CHAPTER 7 Setting Up the Secondary Microsoft DNS Backup Service Once the Secondary DNS service has been added into Parallels Helm, it will need to be added as a backup service in the Primary DNS service. This will effectively mean that when you create a domain, it will add the DNS records to both the primary DNS server and the backup (secondary) DNS server. In the event that one of your DNS servers goes down, the other will still work and keep your sites responding to DNS calls. To set up the secondary Microsoft DNS backup service: 1. In Parallels Helm, go to Home > Helm System > Servers > [Primary DNS Server] > Services. 6. Click the primary DNS service (for example, Default DNS Service) and scroll down the page to the Backup Services section. Your secondary DNS service will be visible in the available services box. The DNS server name (where the service resides) will appear in brackets along with the name of the service. Use the >> button to select the service and click Save to save the DNS service. This has now set up your primary DNS Service to also use your backup (secondary) DNS service. CHAPTER 8 Setting Up a DNS Template DNS Templates allow you to specify custom DNS records that will be added to a domain's DNS zone when it is created. You do not need a DNS service in Parallels Helm to create DNS Templates, but they will not come into effect, or get added to any new domains until you have added the DNS service. Click the Add button in an existing DNS service to get to the Create DNS Record screen. 8. Choose Record Type from the four types of DNS Record you can create: "A", "CNAME", "MX", and "TXT" - and then click the Next button. You will be taken to a screen which will differ depending on the record you picked. A Record An A record is an address record which is used for mapping an IP address to a domain name. Host Name: Enter the name of the record you want to add, e. g. IP Address: Enter the IP address that this record will point to, e. g. CNAME Record A CNAME, or canonical name, record is a record which makes one domain name an alias of another. The aliased domain will receive all of the subdomains and DNS records of the original. [. . . ] You can either select them individually or use control-click (hold down CTRL and left-click items) to select multiple items from the Available Services box. Select the ones you want and choose the >> arrow to move them into the Selected Services box. The Resource will then be assigned the Services in the Selected Services box. If you want to take Services out of the Selected Services box, simply select them and use the << arrow to move them out again. [. . . ]