Hi Chandon, Thanks for the response. It makes a bit more sense now! I may raise a JIRA to add your description to the docs as that information is very helpful in understanding how it all fits together.
Best regards, Chris On 28 Jan 2014 00:43, "Chandan Purushothama" < chandan.purushoth...@citrix.com> wrote: > Hello Chris, > > Internal DNS Server should be setup and managed by you. It is basically > used for name resolutions of storage servers and other machines that are > local to the Data Center. As far as I know, Internal DNS server's > configuration procedure should be same as a regular DNS Server > configuration procedure. The procedure doesn't depend on CloudStack, > > Thank you, > Chandan. > > -----Original Message----- > From: chris snow [mailto:chsnow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:52 AM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Internal DNS confusion > > When creating a new zone, I have to enter the address for Internal DNS > Servers. Extract from the Cloudstack installation manual: > > "Internal DNS 1 and Internal DNS 2. These are DNS servers for use by > system VMs in the zone (these are VMs used by CloudStack itself, such as > virtual routers, console proxies, and Secondary Storage VMs.)." > > > Question 1: Who manages the Internal DNS? Is an Internal DNS server setup > and managed by me, or is it setup and managed by Cloudstack? > > Question 2: If Internal DNS is setup and managed by me, how should it be > setup? > > Question 3: If it is setup and managed by Cloudstack, when did it get > setup, and how can I find out what address Cloudstack is using for this > server? > > Many thanks, > > Chris >
