Setting up Primary and Secondary DNS on Solaris 10

Setting up the Create the /etc/named.conf file options { directory /var/named; }; zone . { type hint; file db.root; }; zone bitmind.info { type master; file db.bitmind.info; }; zone 10.168.192.in-addr.arpa { type master; file db.192.168.10; }; zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa in { type master; file db.127.0.0; }; Create the /var/named directory ; ; db.root ; ;{name} {ttl} Class NS Nameserver Name ; . 604800 IN NS bitmind.info. ; ;{name} {ttl} Class A IP Address ; bitmind.info. 604800 IN A 192.168.10.1 # Next we create the /var/named/db.vinnie.bitmind.info file ; db.bitmind.info $TTL 86400 Primary DNS Server

; ;{name} {ttl} Class SOA Origin Postmaster ;@ IN SOA vinnie.bitmind.info. root.vinnie.bitmind.info. ( 2005010101 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh (1 Hour) 1800 ; Retry (30 Minutes) 6048000 ; Expire (1 Week) 86400 ) ; Minimum (24 Hours) ; ;{name} {ttl} Class NS Nameserver Name ; IN NS vinnie.bitmind.info. ; ;{name} {ttl} Class A IP Address ;vinnie IN A 192.168.10.5. paz IN A 192.168.10.6. localhost IN A 127.0.0.1 ; Next we create the /var/named/db.192.168.10 file ; db.192.168.10 ; $TTL 86400 ; ;{name} {ttl} Class SOA Origin Postmaster ;@ IN SOA vinnie.bitmind.info. root.vinnie.bitmind.info. ( 2005010101 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh (1 Hour) 1800 ; Retry (30 Minutes) 6048000 ; Expire (1 Week) 86400 ) ; Minimum (24 Hours) ;{name} {ttl} Class NS Nameserver Name ; IN NS vinnie.bitmind.info. IN NS paz.bitmind.info. ; ;{name} {ttl} Class PTR Real Name ; 5 IN PTR vinnie.bitmind.info. 6 IN PTR paz.bitmind.info. Next we create the /var/named/db.127.0.0 file ; db.127.0.0 ;

$TTL 86400 ; ;{name} {ttl} Class SOA Origin Postmaster ;@ IN SOA vinnie.bitmind.info. root.vinnie.bitmind.info. ( 2005010101 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh (1 Hour) 1800 ; Retry (30 Minutes) 6048000 ; Expire (1 Week) 86400 ) ; Minimum (24 Hours) ; ;{name} {ttl} Class NS Nameserver Name ; IN NS vinnie.bitmind.info. ; ;{name} {ttl} Class PTR Real Name ; 1 IN PTR localhost. On the Primary DNS and all systems we will copy the /etc/nsswitch.dns file to /etc/nsswitch.conf #cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf Next we will setup the /etc/resolv.conf file on the DNS server and clients Domain bitmind.info nameserver 192.168.10.1 search bitmind.info Enabling DNS on the primary server svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/server:default svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/client:default To check for any errors you can run the tail command on the /var/adm/messages file tail -4 /var/adm/messages If the DNS service started without error you will see a message: Nov 12 13:23:18 seven named[1516]: [ID 873579 daemon.notice] starting BIND 9.2.4 Nov 12 13:23:18 seven named[1516]: [ID 873579 daemon.notice] command channel listening on ::1#953 Nov 12 13:23:18 seven named[1516]: [ID 873579 daemon.notice] running Enabling DNS for the To enable dns on the clients we must start the dns client service svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/client:default Clients

Test and debug using DIG dig @192.168.10.5 vinnie.bitmind.info Setting up the Secondary DNS server The /var/named directory must be created. Update the forward and reverse lookup files to add the secondary server. ; db.192.168.10 ; $TTL 86400 ; ;{name} {ttl} Class SOA Origin Postmaster ;@ IN SOA vinnie.bitmind.info. root.vinnie.bitmind.info. ( 2005010101 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh (1 Hour) 1800 ; Retry (30 Minutes) 6048000 ; Expire (1 Week) 86400 ) ; Minimum (24 Hours) ;{name} {ttl} Class NS Nameserver Name ; IN NS vinnie.bitmind.info. IN NS paz.bitmind.info. ; ;{name} {ttl} Class PTR Real Name ; 5 IN PTR vinnie.bitmind.info. 6 IN PTR paz.bitmind.info. ; db.bitmind.info $TTL 86400 ; ;{name} {ttl} Class SOA Origin Postmaster ;@ IN SOA vinnie.bitmind.info. root.vinnie.bitmind.info. ( 2005010101 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh (1 Hour) 1800 ; Retry (30 Minutes) 6048000 ; Expire (1 Week) 86400 ) ; Minimum (24 Hours) ; ;{name} {ttl} Class NS Nameserver Name ; IN NS vinnie.bitmind.info. IN NS paz.bitmind.info. ; ;{name} {ttl} Class A IP Address ;-

vinnie IN A 192.168.10.5 paz IN A 192.168.10.6 localhost IN A 127.0.0.1 ; Next we must update the clients /etc/resolv.conf files to add the secondary dns for resolution Domain bitmind.info nameserver 192.168.10.1 nameserver 192.168.10.2 search bitmind.info Next we will create the /etc/named.conf file options { directory /var/named; }; zone . { type hint; file db.root; }; zone bitmind.info { type slave; file db.bitmind.info.slave; masters { 192.168.10.2; }; }; zone 10.168.192.in-addr.arpa { type slave; file db.192.168.10.slave; masters { 192.168.10.2; }; }; zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa in { type slave; file db.127.0.0.slave; masters {

192.168.10.2 }; }; Enable the DNS services on the secondary DNS server. svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/server:default svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/client:default Test and verify forward and reverse lookups dig @192.168.10.5 vinnie.bitmind.info ping 192.168.10.5 ping vinnie.bitmind.info Share and Enjoy: