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cPanel / WHM and dnsplane

cPanel servers often keep BIND zone masters under /var/named/ (file names vary; many use the domain name as the file base). WHM’s DNS zone editor updates those files; BIND is reloaded via cPanel’s tooling (conceptually similar to rndc reload).

Pointing dnsplane at cPanel zones

  1. Set records_source.type to bind_dir and location to /var/named (or the path your server uses).
  2. Use include_pattern if only a subset of files should load (default *.db may or may not match your naming; adjust the glob to match your zone files).
  3. When zones change on disk, reload dnsplane with watch: true, POST /dns/records/reload, or TUI record load.

WHM / nameserver roles

dnsplane can sit in front as a caching or hybrid resolver that also serves local answers from merged zones, or act as a read-only mirror of panel-managed data. The exact topology (authoritative vs forwarding) depends on how you point NS glue and which service listens on port 53; this document only covers loading cPanel-style zone files.

Security

  • Prefer api_auth_token when exposing the REST API.
  • If axfr_enabled is true, set axfr_allowed_networks to the secondary servers’ addresses only.

See zone-files.md and config-files.md for configuration details.