Re: [webmin-l] NSD nameserver module

[doug r. <do...@ar...>]

On 01/10/2007 9:52 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On 10/Jan/2007 14:10 doug robbins wrote ..
>> NSD <http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/nsd/> is an authoritative-only nameserver
>> which uses a fraction of the memory of Bind. It can read & use Bind zone files. It's
>> a great option in a restricted memory environment, e.g. on a VPS (Virtual Private Server).
>>
>> It would be great if we had a webmin module for it that worked along with
>> Virtualmin as the current Bind module does.
>>
>> Has anyone looked at this?
> 
> Actually, no .. I hadn't even heard of NSD before your email.
> That said, it would be possible to support in Virtualmin, most likely as a new plugin
> feature type - this is what I've done with PowerDNS.
> 
> However, not all features that work with BIND would be supported - in particular
> secondary zones, which NSD doesn't appear to handle.
> 
> I'll think about this, and see if there is any additional demand from other users.
> The memory saving along would be a win, as some people have found it impossible to
> run Virtualmin + BIND + Apache + etc.. in a 256M VPS.
> 
>  - Jamie

That sound promising Jamie. Just the ability to add/modify/delete master zones would be a 
great start. I'd be happy to do some testing.

Currently I have Bind installed but shut down. I let Virtualmin do Bind configuration, 
then run a little bash script of my own that updates nsd. It works but is kind of klunky :)

-- 
doug