By default named has been disabled on (dv) 3.5 and (dpv) nitro servers as most sites do not use this service. By disabling this service we freed over 50 megs of RAM. If you have a need to use named on your server this article will explain how to easily enable named.

(mt) Media Temple has a tool that will allow you to easily optimize your (dv) 3.5 Dedicated-Virtual Server . MIB (Make It Better) contains preset configurations hosted on our internal repository. These presets allow you to easily tune or change settings to your server using values that have been thoroughly tested by our engineers.

MIB is run from the command line via SSH. Although this utility is much simpler than applying these optimizations or changes manually, it is still recommended to have a basic understanding of SSH and Linux system administration. (See links below for more information.)

USAGE:

1. To enable named run the following command after logging into your server via ssh:

   /usr/local/mt/bin/mib --enablenamed --apply

2. To disable named on your server you can run the following command:

   /usr/local/mt/bin/mib --disablenamed --apply
   

It really is as simple as that to toggle named from enabled to disabled.

Notes/Supplemental Resources:

• (dv) An introduction to the root user
• Obtaining and using SSH
• (dv) HOWTO: Performance tuning (Optimization)

Revisions:

09-21-2009: Typo corrections.
02-16-2009: Added note about what named is used for. Thanks to Amanda W for the comment.
06-20-2008: Article creation