DNS clustering is an important feature for website administrators who need to ensure high availability and reliability for their domain name resolution services. Webuzo, a popular web hosting control panel, offers DNS clustering as a feature that enables you to distribute DNS services across multiple servers. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to enable DNS clustering in Webuzo.

Step 1 : Log in to the Webuzo control panel.

The first step is to log into the Webuzo control panel. For this, On your web browser, Enter the server host name or IP address, along with “/webuzo”. For example, if your server’s  host name is server1.supportsages.com, you should go to “https://server1.supportsages.com/webuzo“.

Step 2 : Enter the DNS configurations.

After entering your Webuzo management panel, choose the “DNS Functions” icon on the right. With this, a menu of choices will appear. Select “DNS Cluster” from the menu.

Step 3 : Enable DNS clustering.

Then enable “DNS Clustering” by clicking on the “Enable DNS Clustering” button.

Step 4 : Add DNS cluster server.

To add DNS cluster server, from DNS cluster page click on “add server. If you want to add an external server to your DNS cluster, select “External Server” on the drop down menu. Enter the IP address of the external server in the corresponding field, then input the API key for a secure connection. Select the DNS Role for the server from the available options, then click on the “Submit” button to complete the process.

Note : If you want to make sure the changes made on this server are reflected on other servers, you should select Synchronize. If you only want to send changes from this server, then select Write Only. But just remember that changes on remote servers won’t be updated here. If you don’t want any changes sent or received from other servers, choose Standalone and nothing made here will be propagated anywhere else.

Conclusion :

Setting up DNS clustering in Webuzo is a straightforward process that can significantly enhance the reliability and performance of your domain name resolution services. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you can easily set up DNS clustering for your Webuzo-powered server.