Checking propagating of domain name

When you move servers one of the annoying parts can be waiting for the domain to propagate when you change name servers. There is a terminal tool though for checking the settings, dig(domain information groper) is a tool for interrogating DNS name servers.

You'll need to install the dnsutils package

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1$ sudo apt-get install dnsutils

After that It's pretty easy, simply put in the terminal:

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1$ dig google.com

Obviously swap google for your domain name that your are checking.

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Posted: 24-Apr-2009

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A lot of people forget to plan ahead and lower the TTL for the DNS entries. Taking it down to 15 minutes a day ahead doesn't cause too much of an increase in traffic, and eliminates almost all of the transitional wait.

#1 Rick O
24/Apr/09 2:39 PM