OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Managing Intercell Naming
;First Replica:
;Name TTL Class Type Preference Exchange
cs.tech.edu. 604800 IN MX 1 fox.cs.tech.edu.
;Name TTL Class Type Rdata
604800 IN TXT (1 ;version
fd3328c4-2a4b-11ca-af85-09002b1c89bb ;ns uuid
Master ;Replica1 type
/.../cs.tech.edu/cs1_ch ;ch name
fd3328c5-2a4b-11ca-af85-09002b1c89bb ;ch uuid
fox.cs.tech.edu) ;host
;Second Replica:
604800 IN MX 2 rox.cs.tech.edu.
604800 IN TXT (1 ;version
fd3328c4-2a4b-11ca-af85-09002b1c89bb ;ns uuid
Read-only ;Replica2 type
/.../cs.tech.edu/cs2_ch ;ch name
fd3429c4-2a4b-11ca-af87-09002b1c89bb ;ch uuid
rox.cs.tech.edu) ;host
After you configure a cell, you can use the cdscp show cell command to display the
information that is required to construct resource records like those shown in the
previous example. The following is an example show cell command that displays the
DNS-formatted output for a cell named /.../cs.tech.edu. Note that the show cell
command does not display the host name (including domain) at the end of the TXT
record.
cdscp> show cell /.../cs.tech.edu as dns
SHOW
CELL /.../cs.tech.edu
AT 1994-09-18-17:15:00
TXT = 1 de86b5cd-75ea-11ca-bad8-08002
b1c8f1f Master /.../cs.tech.edu/NY1_ch dc730a9c-75ea-11ca-bad8
-08002b1c8f1f
TXT = 1 de86b5cd-75ea-11ca-bad8-08002
b1c8f1f Readonly /.../cs.tech.edu/NY2_ch 391f15e8-75ef-11ca-a4
f4-08002b1c8f1f
To create new resource records in the DNS space, select the appropriate DNS data file,
and cut and paste or type the cell show output into this file. Make sure that you copy to
all new resource records the value of the TXT = string and the DNS name of the server
where the clearinghouse resides.
If, over time, you create additional replicas of the root directory, move a clearinghouse,
or make other changes that affect the cell resource records, you can follow the same
procedure as described here.
(See the for complete information on how to contact the NIC Domain Registrar to
register a domain name.)
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