How to set the Slave DNS Server ?

[Kevin Chan]

Hi Kevin and all,

1. Where I can find the ARM in the BIND 9 distribution ?  Can you tell me
the web address ?

2. Now I copy all the zone IP and file from Primary DNS to Secondary DNS
Server.  Also, I copy the named.conf from Primary DNS to Secondary DNS
Server and change all the "type master" zone
definitions into "type slave" zone definitions, add the "allow-transfer
{XXX.XXX.XXX.58;};"
 to Primary DNS Server and add the "masters {XXX.XXX.XXX.57;};" to each
zone.  My NS1 and NS2's named.conf setting as below:

p.s. NS1 IP - XXX.XXX.XXX.57 & NS2 IP - XXX.XXX.XXX.58

============================================================
(NS1)

// generated by named-bootconf.pl

options {
        directory "/var/named";
        allow-transfer {XXX.XXX.XXX.58;};
        /*
         * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
         * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
         * directive below.  Previous versions of BIND always asked
         * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
         * port by default.
         */
        // query-source address * port 53;
};

//
// a caching only nameserver config
//
controls {
        inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};
zone "." IN {
        type hint;
        file "named.ca";
};

zone "localhost" IN {
        type master;
        file "localhost.zone";
        allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
        type master;
        file "named.local";
};

zone "XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "XXX.XXX.XXX";
};

zone "kevin.com" {
        type master;
        file "kevin.com";
};

include "/etc/rndc.key";

============================================================

(NS2)

// generated by named-bootconf.pl

options {
        directory "/var/named";
/*
         * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
         * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
         * directive below.  Previous versions of BIND always asked
         * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
         * port by default.
         */
        // query-source address * port 53;
};

//
// a caching only nameserver config
//
controls {
        inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};
zone "." IN {
        type hint;
        file "named.ca";
};

zone "localhost" IN {
        type master;
        file "localhost.zone";
        allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
        type master;
        file "named.local";
};

zone "XXX.XXX.XXX.in-addr.arpa" {
        type slave;
        file "XXX.XXX.XXX";
        masters {XXX.XXX.XXX.57;};
};

zone "kevin.com" {
        type master;
        file "kevin.com";
        masters {XXX.XXX.XXX.57;};
};

include "/etc/rndc.key";
============================================================

Does my setting on the named.conf is correct ?  Do I need to add  the
"masters {XXX.XXX.XXX.57;};" for each zone ?

Thanks again !

Best regards,
Kevin Chan

> Kevin Darcy Wrote:
>
> > 1. I would like to ask how I can add a "masters" clause to each of
those,
> > specifying the master's IP address on Slave DNS Server's
/etc/named.conf?
>
> Look at the ARM examples.
>