DNS Boss Replication


     DNS Boss has a very easy to use built in replication 
mechanism for the replication of DNS Boss primary servers.  
To use this there must be 1 DNS Boss Replication Sender, 
and there can be any number of DNS Boss Replication 
Receivers.  DNS Boss must be installed on the Replication 
Sender and Receiver machines.  

     To enable the DNS Boss Replication Sender for a DNS
primary, simply go to the Advanced menu and select:
"DNS Boss Replication Sender"
Click on:  "Enable DNS Boss Replication Sender"
Choose an unused Port number you wish to use for the 
transfer of data.  Select a unique user name and password.
These are not related to the UNIX user name or password, 
they are only for DNS Boss Replication.  Then in the 
TextField, put in the IP's of the other DNS Boss Primary 
Receivers where you wish to push your DNS data.  There 
must be only 1 IP per line.  Then hit Save and then Exit.

     To enable the DNS Boss Replication Receiver for a DNS
primary, you must go to a different machine installed with
DNS Boss, and go to the Advanced menu and select:
"DNS Boss Replication Receiver"
Click on:  "Enable DNS Boss Replication Receiver"
Type in the IP number of the DNS Boss Replication Sender.
Type in the same Port number you used on the DNS Boss
Replication Sender.  Click Save.  Go to the File menu on 
the same window (DNS Boss Replication Receiver), and select
"DNS Boss Replication Authentication"
Type in the same user name and password that you used on
the DNS Boss Replication Sender.  Click Save.  Click Exit.

     Then go back to the DNS Boss Replication Sender machine, 
and after you have created a domain, click on "Update this 
domain".  If you look on the DNS Boss Replication Receiver
machine, you should see the updates comming through from 
the DNS Boss Replication Sender as long as you still have
the DNS Boss Replication Receiver window up.

     To monitor, or receive DNS updates the DNS Boss 
Replication Receiver window must be up.  If the window is
not up, updates will not receiveed.  The exception to this
is that there is a non-GUI DNS Boss Replication Receiver 
server that can be used.  To use this server just follow 
this example:

# cd /opt/DNSBoss/bin
# cp S99dnsbossprimaryreplicationreceiver  /etc/rc2.d
# /etc/rc2.d/S99dnsbossprimaryreplicationreceiver start

This will allow the DNS Boss Replication Receiver
to start up automatically in a non-GUI mode if there is 
a system reboot.  Do not run the non-GUI Receiver at the
same time as the GUI Receiver, run one or the other.