4PSA DNS Manager 3.7.0 Release Notes

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Requirements
Installation
Version History
Get Support
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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 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

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

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)
  • CentOS 5.x (i386/x86_64)
  • CentOS 4.x (i386/x86_64)

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 5.4 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 3.7.0 release 100427.01

[+] The zone serial management can now be performed from the web interface
[+] The zones export scripts (bind_export.sh, dnsmanager_export.sh and plesk_export.sh) now export the zone serial value as well
[+] Added support for SOA serial import for master zones.
[+] The Global Transfer IPs now support networks.
[+] SRV records support target in subdomains.
[+] Improved interface and usability
[+] New SRV Service and Protocol can be added by server admin with a SQL query
[-] The Slave Reverse and the Slave IDN Forward zones' records are now correctly displayed in the interface.
[-] The client.sh script now accepts the --state option.
[-] The Check Name Servers options can now be used to verify the name servers for IDN zones as well.
[-] Fixed Ensim export script for master zones.
[-] Several SOAP API issues fixed

Legend:

[+] new feature
[-] bug fixed or removed
[=] bug fixed or improved functionality

Get Support

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Contact Information

Development office:

Rack-Soft SRL
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Bucharest, 014012
ROMANIA
Phone: 646-957-8997 (US), 021-3130165 (Romania)
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