Adding a DNS service

After installation, Micetro contains no data about DNS servers. These need to be added.

DNS servers require Micetro Agents and need to be added using their fully qualified names, such as dns1.europe.ad.mmdemo.local.

Note

Servers in Microsoft Active Directory environments can be added without installing an agent. Refer to Agent-free management of DNS/DHCP servers.

Services are managed on the Service Management tab of the Admin page. To add a new service, select Add Service on the task bar.

For more information and instructions, refer to Adding a Service in the Admin Guide.

DNS servers in Active Directory-integrated zones

The DNS Agent uses two different methods to retrieve information from Microsoft AD integrated zones.

  1. First, it performs a zone transfer (both full and incremental) to get the latest records for the zone.

  2. Then, it uses Microsoft APIs to get detailed information for individual records.

As a result, it’s important that the DNS Agent is allowed to perform a zone transfer from the local server. The DNS Agent on the DNS server must be able to transfer AD-integrated zones from the local DNS server.