[PLUG] DNS And site available

[drew wymore]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:30 AM, linux-yug <linux-yug at xprt.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 02:04 -0800, drew wymore wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:39 AM, linux-yug <linux-yug at xprt.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 00:13 -0800, drew wymore wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:51 PM, linux-yug <linux-yug at xprt.net>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Can I set my DNS up so if my Primary server is down at xx.yy.zz.aa
> > > > >
> > > > > It automatically goes to site b..  pp.qq.rr.aa  ????
> > > > >
> > > > > Where server A is in Flordia and Server B is in P-Town.???  ON very
> > > > > different Static IPs'  ???
> > > > >
> > > > > TIA
> > > > >
> > > > > Linux-yug
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > DNS servers or web servers? When you set  up DNS to do round robin to
> > > load
> > > > balance. Otherwise you'll need to update DNS to point at another
> server
> > > if
> > > > it's for web services.
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > >
> > >
> > > I didn't make that clear did I????
> > >
> > > I want to have a second web server standing by in the event the primary
> > > web server goes down.. Like now...  My primary web server is down..
> Loss
> > > of power....And power won't be back for another two days..
> > > But, I have  perfectly good, rsynced web server at an alternate
> location
> > > with another IP...
> > >
> > > How do I get that to come on line.. Now that the primary is down?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > linux-yug..
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> >
> > Update your primary and or secondary name servers (assuming primary is on
> > the dead box) to point to the web server that is still alive.
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> Ok..
>
> I was thinking that was the obvious answer..
>
> I just recently got a second IP..
>
> Thanks
>
> Linux-yug
>
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In the future you could automate this with a script and some simple search
and replace fu. I can help with that if you're interested.

Drew-