DNS Server Setup using Bind

on CentOS 5.8

Prof Jeong Chul

tland12.wordpress.com

Computer Science
ITC and RUPP in Cambodia

DNS Server Setup using bind

on CentOS 5.8

Part I General DNS Server features

Part II DNS Server Security

DNS Server Setup using bind

on CentOS 5.8 Part I

Step 1 Package installation and service start

Step 2 Zone creating

Step 3 More domains adding

Step 4 Server load balancing (Round robin)

Step 5 Master and Slave nameserver

Step 6 client tools usage

Step 1 Package installation & service start

1. Package installation
bind-libs-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
bind-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
bind-utils-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
bind-chroot-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
caching-nameserver-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
2. Service start
# service named start
3. Service checking
# ps ef | grep named
# netstat nat | grep 53
4. Logfile checking
# tail f /var/log/messages
5. Runlevel registration
# chkconfig named on
# chkconfig list named

Step 2 Zone creating

1. Zone file
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.rfc1912.zones
2. Database file
/var/named/chroot/var/named/example.zone
# chown root.named example.zone
3. Configuration file (/var/named/chroot/etc/)
# cp named.caching-nameserver.conf named.conf
# chown root.named named.conf
4. Testing
# cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.80.25
# service named restart
# host a example.com

Step 3 More domain adding

1.Zone file editing
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.rfc1912.zones
2.Database file for new domain
/var/named/chroot/var/named/google.zone
3.Testing
# host a google.com

4. Syntax checking using named-checkconf and namedcheckzone

#named-checkconf /etc/named.conf
#named-checkzone google.com google.zone

Step 4 Server Load Balancing

(Round robin)
1.In Zone database file (/var/named/chroot/var/named/example.com)
www IN
A
192.168.80.10
www IN
A
192.168.80.5
www IN
A
192.168.80.15
2.Testing
# ping c3 www.example.com
# ping c3 www.example.com
3.CNAME
ftp
IN

CNAME www

Step 5 Master and Slave nameserver

1.Mater server
zone "example.com" IN {
type master;
file "example.zone";
allow-update { none; };
allow-transfer { slave-ip; };

2.Slave server
zone "example.com" IN {
type slave;
file "slaves/example.zone";
masters { master-ip; };
allow-update { none; };
3.Testing on Slave server
# service named restart
# dig @master domain ns
# service named restart
# ls l /var/named/chroot/var/named/slaves

Step 6 client tools usage

1.Nslookup
#nslookup domain
set q=any
domain
2.Host
#host a domain
3.dig
#dig @nameserver domain type

DNS Server Setup using bind

on CentOS 5.8 Part 1

Thank you!!