Re: openldap, dlz and dynamic dns updates from isc-dhcpd

2012-09-24 Thread Evan Hunt
> Here's a possibly wrong assumption: there are BIND deployments that > use openldap (or an RDBMS, or something else) rather than zone files > to hold DNS mappings (name to ip address & vice versa), and these > alternative backends are updated when the DHCP server hands out or > revokes a lease. >

Re: openldap, dlz and dynamic dns updates from isc-dhcpd

2012-09-24 Thread Jeff Lasslett
Hi Evan, Thanks for your reply. I must confess that I am working on my first DHCP and BIND deployment and I'm sure that I don't yet understand everything. So it's likely that I'm working with some wrong assumptions. On 25 September 2012 04:01, Evan Hunt wrote: > I'm not aware of such a DLZ dr

Re: openldap, dlz and dynamic dns updates from isc-dhcpd

2012-09-24 Thread Evan Hunt
> My main question is about dynamic updates from the DHCP server. I > would like to know if bind 9.9 can update > an openldap DLZ with dynamic updates from a DHCP server. Given an openldap DLZ driver that can accept dynamic updates, yes. I'm not aware of such a DLZ driver existing yet, but there'

openldap, dlz and dynamic dns updates from isc-dhcpd

2012-09-21 Thread Jeff Lasslett
Hello List, I would like to use openldap to store DHCP config and DNS zones. I've scoured the web for howtos and I've learned a lot. For openldap backed DNS it seems that DLZ is the best option (faster, and the data is better organised in ldap). My main question is about dynamic updates from the