Secondary / Backup DNS
Mirror domains from your existing DNS server onto our global DNS network
Mirror domains from your existing DNS server onto our global DNS network
A frequently asked question at Total Uptime is whether to use our cloud DNS platform for Primary DNS or Secondary DNS. Prior to answering that question, we should probably first define the difference between the two, and then the benefits of choosing to use Total Uptime for one over the other. Primary DNS is generally the DNS server […]
Here are the steps required to create a SECONDARY DNS zone. Secondary zones allow you to keep your primary DNS hosting at another provider or on another server outside of our network, but increase redundancy by replicating zones to our network so you can add our name servers at your registrar too. Ask your primary […]
Primary DNS with GoDaddy, Secondary with Total Uptime: If you wish to keep your primary DNS hosting at GoDaddy and use Total Uptime DNS for replicating them (secondary DNS), you need to have GoDaddy premium DNS and follow the steps in this article on their website: https://www.godaddy.com/help/enable-secondary-dns-with-godaddy-nameservers-as-primary-nameservers-23910 Primary DNS with Total Uptime, Secondary with […]
Yes! DNS Notify is a revision to the DNS standard (RFC 1996) that proposes that the master server for a zone notify certain secondary servers in that zone of changes, and the secondary servers can then check to see whether they need to initiate a zone transfer. This process can help improve consistency of zone […]
Yes, absolutely. In fact by creating a zone via the DNS Manager that uses your own name server(s) as the primary, you gain more than just one secondary server, you gain the benefit of our entire global network designed to significantly improve the performance of your DNS! Of course, you’re not limited to slaving DNS […]
With GoDaddy’s unfortunate DNS outage on September 10th, we received an enormous number of inquiries about our DNS services. A frequently asked question was whether or not Total Uptime could provide secondary or backup DNS services for disaster recovery. The quick answer is “yes”, we can definitely provide this commonly implemented DNS backup solution, but we thought […]
Our team spent the summer working on a number of significant improvements to our cloud platform to make it more intuitive and easier to use every day. Below is a summary of what we released today. DNSSEC: We’ve further automated DNSSEC signing. You can easily choose the DNSSEC parameters for your zone, and within a […]
Method: POST URI: /CloudDNS/Domain/Import/FromCopyPaste This method imports a domain from copy and paste. It requires that the following information be posted in order to successfully import the domain: domainName “example.com” nameServer “ns1.example.net” dnsType “Primary” – Also supports “Secondary”, “Reverse” data “string” overwrite “string”
Method: PUT URI: /Monitor/DeviceMonitor/{monitorId} This method updates the load balancing profile. Field Data Type MonitorType “string” Name “string” Interval “string” IntervalUnit “string” ResponseTimeOut “string” ResponseTimeOutThreshold “string” DownTime “string” Deviation “string” Retries “string” SuccessRetries “string” FailureRetries “string” DestinationIP “string” DestinationPort “string” Action “string” CustomHeader “string” Enabled “string” […]