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Setting up a cPanel DNSONLY Server – Part 2

Posted on July 9, 2011 by John

Okay, so you’ve decided to set up a secondary DNS server for your cPanel boxes using the free DNSONLY product from cPanel.  You’ve read and followed the instructions in Part 1 of this article.  Now, you’re ready to put all … Continue reading →

Posted in Backups, DNS | 3 Comments

Setting up a cPanel DNSONLY server – Part 1

Posted on July 8, 2011 by John

Current best practice for DNS server assignment for any internet domain dictates that you must have at least two physically separate and geographically disperse domain name servers handling requests for your internet servers. In plain language, this means that, though … Continue reading →

Posted in DNS, Installation & Configuration | 6 Comments

How to get rid of the annoying “max open files is smaller than max sockets” error from named (BIND)

Posted on March 4, 2011 by John

Looking through my log files recently, I noticed this error popping up any time BIND (the default DNS Service used in cPanel/WHM) restarted:  max open files (1024) is smaller than max sockets (4096) What could this mean?  Why was I … Continue reading →

Posted in DNS | 2 Comments

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