Backup cPanel DNS only

[pabloafain]

Hi!

How can I configure backups in cPanel DNS only? I'm looking to create dialy backups and move them to my Amazon S3 bucket.

Thanks in advance,

Pablo

 

[Jcats]

Pablo,

Good question, I would probably create a fake cPanel account, then rsync all the DNS zones to that cPanel account in the home directory like /home/user/.dnszones
then include that in your cPanel backups to S3.

Otherwise you can try something like this to rsync directly to s3
http://serverfault.com/questions/73959/using-rsync-with-amazon-s3

Someone else may have a much better solution though

 

[pabloafain]

Ok, thanks Jcats!

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

cPanel DNS-Only does not include all of the same features as the standard cPanel installation because it's designed only for DNS purposes. You can simply backup the entire /var/named directory as that is where the DNS zones are stored. However, generally, you would simply resync the zones from the hosting servers if the DNS-Only server is reinstalled.

Thank you.

 

[Kent Brockman]

Hello

cPanel DNS-Only does not include all of the same features as the standard cPanel installation because it's designed only for DNS purposes. You can simply backup the entire /var/named directory as that is where the DNS zones are stored. However, generally, you would simply resync the zones from the hosting servers if the DNS-Only server is reinstalled.

Thank you.

Hello. Is this still valid nowadays? Do you have any docs regarding reinstallation of DNS Only servers?

 

[cPRex]

That is still correct. Just like cPanel, there isn't a "reinstall" method as it would be best to reformat the machine and perform a new installation.

 

[Kent Brockman]

Great to know. I have my DNS Only servers on Amazon EC2 and they will be upgrading network configurations in under one year from now, and it is very feasible that a OS reload could be required. So, a simple bash script to zip the /var/named folder and FTP it to an external source should be enough, you say? What about services manager choices, cluster connections, customizations in general....

I wonder why DNS Only cannot offer a Transfer Account menu, to transfer relevant configurations from another DNS Only server, so that you can easily move or reinstall a DNS server.

 

[cPRex]

Hmmmmmmmmm - that sounds like a good feature request to submit!

 

[Kent Brockman]

You got it. Hope it can come true anytime soon.

Transfer Account feature between DNS Only servers

As a System Administrator and web-hosting provider, I would like to be able to Transfer relevant configurations from one DNS Only server to a new one, so t

features.cpanel.net

 

[cPRex]

I got it approved just now so it will be active soon.