4PSA DNS Manager® 3.5.0 Release Notes

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Requirements
Installation
Version History
Get Support
Contact Information
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Requirements

Hardware requirements are strongly related to the expected load and concurrent calls. MySQL server and PHP front-end interface are the most intensive components on a 4PSA DNS Manager server. We recommend quality server hardware with redundant storage system.

Minimum suggested hardware configuration:

  • Intel x86 compatible PC server 2Ghz clock speed
  • 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM
  • 36 GB RAID storage system
  • 100 Mbs network card

4PSA DNS Manager is shipped in ready to install templates, compatible with Virtuozzo and OpenVZ, in standard and EZ format.

4PSA DNS Manager is compatible with the following operating systems:

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 (i386/x86_64)
  • Redhat Enterprise Linux (AS/ES) 4 (i386/x86_64)
  • Redhat Enterprise Linux (AS/ES) 3 (i386)
  • CentOS 5.x (i386/x86_64)
  • CentOS 4.x (i386/x86_64)
  • CentOS 3.x (i386)
  • Suse 10.3 (i386)

4PSA DNS Manager is also available in VMware image format, that can be run under VMware Server, VMware Workstation or VMware Player. It can also be converted to run on VMware ESX using VMware Converter. This image is based on CentOS 5.1 operating system.

Installation

Installation can be performed in three ways:

  • Using the Command line installation script (see this article for more details)
  • Using the ISO Image (see this article for more details)
  • On a Virtuozzo/OpenVZ server (see this article for more details)
  • On a VMware Server, VMware Workstation or VMware Player. Also on VMware ESX, deployed with VMware Converter.

Version History

What's new in 4PSA DNS Manager 3.5.0 release 080723.10

[+] DNS load balancing using round robin DNS is supported. 4PSA DNS Manager can monitor availability of DNS resource records
[+] e164.arpa zone type is supported. NAPTR resource records are now supported
[+] New Orange interface skin
[+] AAAA and SRV resource records are now supported
[+] Auto-generation of TXT records with SPF content is supported
[+] Clients can be announced by email if the update of a remote update location fails
[+] Zones and records can be enabled/disabled
[+] Default SOA button allows client to restore SOA settings to server default
[+] The Whitebox licensing option allows customers to legally remove all 4PSA copyright notices from 4PSA web interface
[+] The Global operations now include the DROP action
[+] The Check Nameservers function was improved and it is also more user friendly
[+] Major performance improvements on the remote location update operation
[+] Fixed potential problems with bind RPM upgrades on RedHat platforms
[+] Suse 10.3 is now supported
[-] Wildcards are accepted in MX records are accepted
[-] The priority of the MX records can take values between 0 and 65535
[-] Over 10 other minor inconsistencies and cosmetic bugs fixed

Get Support

For online help and support please visit the below areas:

Contact Information

Development office:

Rack-Soft SRL
DCL Office Building, 20-22 Bilciuresti Street, sector 1
Bucharest, 014012
ROMANIA
Phone: 646-957-8997 (US), 021-3130165 (Romania)
Fax: 270-638-0988 (US), 021-3130165 (Romania)

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