Of value only to NetAdmins who have proper authorization. Mostly linking to CIT tools. Original info from Michael Hint's "Magic CIT info websites" (9/25/12) email. |
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Enable DNS naming authority to IT staff as appropriate. For example, including <ad.cornell.edu>. One can look through current staff's to see which may be appropriate.
The DNSDB batch interface is great if you want to do large amounts of DNS changes and it is always needed if you are working with a IP address that isn’t yours to own ( for example, Amazon ).
The DNSDB batch language help page:
The DNSDB batch interface:
Example two sets of commands used by Michael Hint Oct. 2016, each of which can be run all at once. The first:
delcname nmr.chem.cornell.edu
delcname nmrscheduler.chem.cornell.edu
addcname nmr.chem.cornell.edu nmr-prod.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com
addcname nmrscheduler.chem.cornell.edu nmr-prod.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com
chgcnamettl nmr.chem.cornell.edu 300
chgcnamettl nmrscheduler.chem.cornell.edu 300
NOTE: Make sure to check at the bottom the boxes for verbose and for allow things to point to subnets we don’t own.
The second: The following commands should be run with the DNSDB Batch Processor at least 24 hours after we know everything is moved. They can be run all at once, too.
delhost nmrschedulerold.chem.cornell.edu
delcname nmrschedulertest.chem.cornell.edu
IP to active jack switch port lookup:
Source:
List of active jack switch ports:
The first resource's top-level page is called, "CIT Network Traffic Analysis Center". It contains two services/ tools at the top level:
Cornell core service IP addresses:
. Useful info for ACL and other permission-settings. Includes large VDI pool, from March 2015.
How to Create CNAMEs without Owning the Target Domain:
And CIT's domain name glossary.
CIT now has page showing your usage broken down to day and device:
NOTES: Only shows your wireless devices. Charges only apply to students.
DNS DB: "Hidden" page, for IT support providers