Name server to IP address

[Kevin Darcy]

In order to create a "ns1.mydomain.com" name which is visible to the world
in general, you need to (not necessarily in chronological order):

1) Register the mydomain.com domain through a commercial registry

2) Define mydomain.com as a "type master" zone on your nameserver (i.e. in
named.conf)

3) Set up the mydomain.com zone file, containing the ns1.mydomain.com entry

4) Arrange for at least one other server to be a slave for your domain, for
redundancy. The "com" domain requires that you have at least 2 nameservers.

If you're just setting this up internally, then omit step #1.

There are various online resources describing how to do all of this. See,
for example, http://www.dns.net/dnsrd. For a more comprehensive guide to
DNS and BIND, get a copy of the _DNS_and_BIND_ O'Reilly book, currently in
Fourth Edition.


- Kevin

Marty Van Luyn wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I feel very embarrassed asking this question, because I know most people
> will laugh at this "newbie" question, but hear goes anyway.
>
> How do I setup a name server like "named" (which is running as a daemon
> on a single machine), to a particular IP address.  eg)
> ns1.mydomain.com     IN    A    192.168.0.1  (local or external IP
> address)
>
> I guess that I need to get another IP address from my ISP but I am not
> sure how or what script to modify, and above all else what to put in
> this config file.
>
> Many thanks for your patience.
>
> Marty Van Luyn