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Cobalt RaQ XTR User Manual 127

Automatic conﬁguration of DNS records

This feature is disabled by default.

As the RaQ XTR Administrator, you can enable or disable the Automatic DNS

Conﬁguration feature in three different tables:

• the “Virtual Site Defaults” table (under the Server Management tab, select

Site Management > Site Defaults)

• the “Add a New Virtual Site” table (under the Server Management tab,

select Site Management > Add Site)

• the “Site Settings” table for a virtual site (under the Server Management

tab, click the green pencil icon for a virtual site in the “Virtual Site List”

table, and then select Site Settings > General)

If you enable the Automatic DNS Conﬁguration feature for a new or existing

virtual site, the system creates DNS Forward (A) records for that virtual site. The

system also creates Forward (A) records for any Web server aliases or email

server aliases that share the virtual site’s domain name.

If you disable the Automatic DNS Conﬁguration feature for a virtual site, the

DNS records that were created automatically are not deleted. For this reason, the

Site Administrator or RaQ XTR Administrator can enable the Automatic DNS

Conﬁguration feature and then immediately disable the feature. This allows the

administrator to create for the virtual site a basic set of DNS records that will be

maintained manually.

If you delete a virtual site on which the Automatic DNS Conﬁguration feature is

enabled, the system deletes the DNS records that were automatically created for

that site, including the records for any Web server and email server aliases that

share the virtual site’s domain name.

If you delete a virtual site on which the Automatic DNS Conﬁguration feature is

disabled, the system does not deletes the DNS records for that virtual site.

For more information on DNS, see Appendix E, “Domain Name System”.