User manual PARALLELS HELM 4.1.2 MICROSOFT DNS PROVIDER GUIDE REV 1.0

[. . . ] The system supports the so called wildcard character search. Monospace The license file is located in the http://docs/common/ licenses directory. Preface Preformatted # ls ­al /files total 14470 5 On-screen computer output in your commandline sessions; source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages. What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output. Preformatted Bold # cd /root/rpms/php CAPITALS Names of keys on the keyboard. SHIFT, CTRL, ALT KEY+KEY Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another. CTRL+P, ALT+F4 Feedback If you have found a mistake in this guide, or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to improve this guide, please send your feedback using the online form at http://www. parallels. com/en/support/usersdoc/. Please include in your report the guide's title, chapter and section titles, and the fragment of text in which you have found an error. CHAPTER 2 About Microsoft DNS in Parallels Helm Depending on how your server is set up, you may or may not have Microsoft DNS installed. If you want to use Microsoft DNS as your DNS server, then you need to make sure that it is first installed. CHAPTER 3 Installing Microsoft DNS Note: These are guidelines only. [. . . ] Creating a new Resource for this service: If you want to create a Resource along with this service, choose this option. Distribution Type: Choose the type of Distribution that you want any added domains to use. The options are: Random Distribution: If this option is picked, then one of the services in the Resource is picked at random, and the domain/account created on that service. If that service is offline then Parallels Helm will attempt to add the domain/account to another random service in the Resource. Maximum Domain Count: If this option is picked, then the servers associated with the services in the Resource are analysed, and the domain/account is created on the service whose server has the least amount of domains/accounts already on it. If that service is offline then Parallels Helm will attempt to add the domain/account to the service with the next lowest amount on it. Provider Load Index: If this option is picked, then the providers associated with the services in the Resource are analysed, to see which server is the "least heavily laden". If that particular service is offline then Parallels Helm will attempt to add the domain/account to the service on the next "least heavily laden" server. Distribute to Primary Resource: If you check this box, when a domain is added into Parallels Helm, Parallels Helm will attempt to create each account (Web, Mail, FTP, DNS, etc) on the same server as whichever Resource is marked as "Primary Resource" in the Plan Template. If it is not possible to do so because no corresponding service exists on that server, then a random server which does have the service on will be used. You have Server 2 with Web, DNS and Mail services on it. In the Plan Template, let us assume that you have selected the DNS Resource as the Primary Resource. Therefore, when a domain is created, the DNS account will be created on Server 1, the Web and DNS accounts will be created on Server 1 (because this is the server with the Primary Resource on it), and the Mail account will be created on Server 2 (because there is no Mail service on Server 1 for the Resource to utilize). Assign this Service to the following Resource: If you already have a Resource created which utilizes a DNS Service of the same type (for instance, if you have Microsoft DNS on another server and already have a Resource set up for it), then you can add this new Service to that existing Resource. Simply choose the Resource you want to add the Service to from the dropdown box. 5. Once you have selected your options, click Save to save the service. CHAPTER 7 Setting Up a DNS Template DNS Templates allow you to specify custom DNS records that will be added to a domain's DNS zone when it is created. You do not need a DNS service in Parallels Helm to create DNS Templates, but they will not come into effect, or get added to any new domains until you have added the DNS service. 1. Click the Add button in an existing DNS service to get to the Create DNS Record screen. Choose Record Type from the four types of DNS Record you can create: "A", "CNAME", "MX", and "TXT" - and then click the Next button. You will be taken to a screen which will differ depending on the record you picked. A Record An A record is an address record which is used for mapping an IP address to a domain name. 1. 2. 3. 4. CNAME Record A CNAME, or canonical name, record is a record which makes one domain name an alias of another. The aliased domain will receive all of the subdomains and DNS records of the original. Alias Name: Enter the name of the domain alias that you want to add, e. g. http://www. domainalias. com/ Target Host Name: Enter the fully qualified domain name that you want to alias, e. g. [. . . ] If this is a fresh install and a new Plan Template, click Add and give name to your Plan Template (e. g. Highlight the Resource you wish to select and using the >> button move the resources to the Selected Resources box. 2. On the screen that appears you can add your template name, select the available resources of your choice and save your settings. Template Name: Choose a friendly name for the Plan Template. Resources: In this box you can select the Resources that you want to assign to the Plan Template. [. . . ]