Overview of DNS management in Ensim Pro

Recognizing the business need for flexible and distributed name server configurations, Ensim Pro has enhanced and extended its DNS capabilities, now providing for complex hosting requirements. Ensim Pro enables distinctive name server configurations for different sites, facilitates communication with external name servers, updates zone records on external name servers, and allows for delegated zone management. It also maintains a detailed log of all DNS-related actions and events that you can use to identify and resolve issues.

# DNS management in Ensim Pro

To make a domain accessible to the Internet, the domain name must be registered with at least two DNS name servers: a Master DNS server and a Slave DNS server (or backup name server). You specify the master name server and the slave name server for the domain when you create a domain in Ensim Pro.

The slave name server provides backup service when the master name server is unavailable. It receives its data for a domain from the master name server.

The master name server is the primary server that serves requests for the domain.

- Important: Before you create a domain, make sure you have registered the domain.

Ensim Pro implements the BIND DNS protocol enabling it to act as a name server. The name server settings determine the name resolution and zone management capabilities of your Ensim Pro DNS server. You can configure your Ensim Pro server to function as any of the following name servers:

- Master name server

- Slave name server

- Forward name server

# Managing DNS zones

You can perform the following DNS-related actions.

- View and modify SOA settings for a zone

- View the list of zones

- Add, refresh, and remove zones

- Add, update, and remove zone records

- View and remove DNS logs