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MySQL backend based ISC BIND/DNS cluster management system including server configuration management. Supports views and hidden and secondary only nodes. Used by many mid to large size DNS service providers. Comes with 3 interfaces: backend, admin and end-user. Can manage 1 to 1000s of DNS servers for multiple independently configurable NS sets.

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Updated 04 Sep 2010 21:37 UTC

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over 2 years ago Avatar
mysqlBind works for me

  by Dylan Garmendia

I used to spend hours editing perl scripts and worse editing BIND configuration and zone db files by hand...all day.

Now I run a DNS ASP for thousands of zones on a cluster of 5 servers. And I almost never have to login to any of them.

Everything is done via web interfaces, except for the cluster agents that once installed do all the actual DNS/BIND configuration work.

The backend is great. And if you like to write ... [More] your own plugins in C, the modular programming file layout allows it to be done easily. It is very developer oriented based directly on the underlying schema.

On the other hand the standard easy to use admin and end-user org interfaces are more limited (a good thing actually), that run off of html templates (provided via the backend schema) work fine for me and I was able to customize them very quickly.

The install was prety quick and I like the fact that the DNS configuration is static and if my mySQL replication cluster has to be brought down for any reason BIND keeps right on running.

It has some confusing and hidden links everywhere. The glossary help system is a little off and in some cases internally inconsistent but it can be easily fixed at the glossary backend tab. The admin interface needs better role and permission level controls I think. And should allow to lock-in a company and or contact for easier searching.

In conclusion a lot of work has gone into a robust DNS BIND 9 cluster manager that only has competition from the likes of Nominum and Mice&Men (both very costly proprietary solutions.) [Less]

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about 1 year ago Avatar
Unfulfilled promises and dark procedures

    by QOS

I loved the architecture of the full mysqlISP project
at first sight.
From the technical point of view it looked smart and
practical.
But, I could never confirm this impression... my
experience with the 2 guys that build, own and
manage this software have been of the worst
quality. First of all, notice that the project link to
the website is pointing to commercial offerings and
the open source content is ... [More] hidden and hard to find.
Once you find the right site, the links still try to
mislead you to the commercial site. Once you get
the idea of the site's structure, try to go to the
site's forums to know the people behind the project,
just impossible, links are broken (for several month
yet). The downloads are usually outdated, they
never publish the latest versions out.

But well, there is a very nice offering on the site...
We will install it for free!, they claim. So I decided
to try… NOT TRUE!!! they will ask you for money
BEFORE the installation is completed or ask you to
buy an SLA in exchange for the "FREE" installation
also before it is completed.

Even worst, they never send you the SLA when you
ask for it! Weird that the invoice arrives promptly to
your mailbox even without having any SLA preview
available.

So from my point of view... This is not real Open
source, STAY AWAY! as far as you can. If you have
a full load of money, go get Virtuosso wich is not
OS too but is much better. On the OS side, you can
get DTC from gplhost, It’s a lot easier to install and
maintain (apt-get, yes it comes standard default
with Debian), and Support people is nicer and more
knowledgeable, I know it because after studding 6
different ISP software options I decided to work
with DTC and gplhost Witch is better, fair and got
sweet support. DTC is the leader on GNU ISP
software, test and enjoy!

PD: Dylan (first review) is not a user but a worker... [Less]

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