QUICKSTART.postgres

Quickstart instructions for MyDNS (PostgreSQL installation):

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1.	Configure and install MyDNS.

	$ ./configure
	$ make
	# make install

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2.	Create a database called `mydns' on your PostgreSQL server.

	# su - postgres
	$ createdb mydns

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3. Create the tables in the `mydns' database.

	$ /usr/local/sbin/mydns --create-tables | psql mydns

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4.	Create a user the mydns(8) server can use to access the `mydns' database.

	$ psql mydns
	mydns=# CREATE USER "<user>" PASSWORD '<password>';
	mydns=# GRANT SELECT ON soa,soa_id_seq TO "<user>";
	mydns=# GRANT SELECT ON rr,rr_id_seq TO "<user>";

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5. Create your configuration file.

	# make conf

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6.	Edit the configuration file.  Change the `db-user' and `db-pass'
	values to reflect the user name and password you created in step 3.

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7.	Start `mydns'.  You may want to add something like this to your startup
	scripts.

	# mydns --background

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If you currently have a name server running BIND or something else, you can use
the `mydnsimport' program to import the data from that server into your new
MyDNS database.  See the user's manual for details.


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