{"id":1510,"date":"2022-07-04T15:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T15:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/knowledge-base\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2022-07-04T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T16:56:29","slug":"removing-unmanaged-zones-from-a-cluster-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/knowledge-base\/2022\/07\/04\/removing-unmanaged-zones-from-a-cluster-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing unmanaged zones from a cluster member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes a misconfigured cluster ends up writing a large number of zones to the wrong server.  This can happen if someone makes a mistake during cluster configuration. If you’ve made this error, don’t feel bad–you’re not alone! One of the more common questions we get in support regarding clusters is “How do I fix this and get the zones that are not managed on this webserver off of it?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procedure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

. Make a backup of \/var\/named.<\/strong>
One easy way to do this is with the following command. You’ll want to change the backup location if you use a different backup directory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

tar -czf \/backup\/var_named.tar.gz \/var\/named\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
. Create a directory to keep the zones you don’t want temporarily.
One way to do this is with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mkdir \/backup\/named_unwanted_zones<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
. Create a list of zones that belong on the server.<\/strong>
Start with the zones in \/etc\/userdomains and add any zones that must be managed by this server but are not related to user accounts. To get a list of domains from \/etc\/userdomains, use the following command to create a file called \/etc\/managed_domains. Add your hostname and any nameservers that have their own zone files to the list.<\/em>  Be<\/em><\/strong> sure to remove the line with the * on it–it’s usually either the first or last line of the file.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
cut -d ':' -f1 \/etc\/userdomains >> \/etc\/managed_domains\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n