Need help with DNS

Tue Mar 25 20:26:07 UTC 2008

Here is a howto for you
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_centos5.0

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Chris Buxton <cbuxton at menandmice.com>
wrote:

> Men & Mice offers consulting services for jobs like this (and bigger
> ones, too, of course), but our rate is substantially more than $50/hour.
>
> Basically, you need to do something like this:
>
> Install BIND and the BIND chroot environment:
>
> yum install bind bind-chroot
>
> Optionally, also install the GUI for configuring BIND (if X and Gnome
> are installed):
>
> yum install system-config-bind
>
> Create named.conf. If you have system-config-bind installed, in the
> Gnome toolbar (at the top of the GUI screen), go to System >
> Administration > Server Settings > Domain Name System. It will create
> a basic config, which you can then modify using either the GUI or a
> text editor.
>
> If you don't have that tool, start with these commands:
> ______________________
>
> rndc-confgen -a -b 256 -c /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key
> ln -sv /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key /etc/
>
> cat > /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf << EOF
> options {
>        directory "/var/named";
>        allow-recursion { localnets; };
> };
> include "/etc/rndc.key";
> controls {
>        inet * allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
> };
> zone "." {
>        type hint;
>        file "root.hint";
> };
> zone "localhost" {
>        type master;
>        file "localhost";
> };
> EOF
> ln -sv /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf /etc/
>
> dig @a.root-servers.net +norec > /var/named/chroot/var/named/root.hint
>
> cat > /var/named/chroot/var/named/localhost << EOF
> \$TTL 1d
> @ SOA @ root 42 1h 1h 1w 1h
>   NS @
>   A 127.0.0.1
> EOF
> ______________________
>
> Now start adding zones to your configuration. For example (continuing
> to use cat rather than a text editor, for simplicity):
> ______________________
>
> cat >> /etc/named.conf << EOF
> zone "my.website." {
>        type master;
>        file "my.website";
> };
> EOF
>
> cat > /var/named/chroot/var/named/my.website << EOF
> \$TTL 1d
> @       SOA     ns1.my.website. dkrause.optivus.com. (
>                2008032500 1d 1h 1w 1h )
>        NS      ns1.my.website.
>        MX      mx1.my.website.
>        A       192.0.2.1
> mx1     A       192.0.2.1
> ns1     A       192.0.2.1
> www     A       192.0.2.1
> EOF
> ______________________
>
> When you think you're done, use this command:
>
> named -u named -t /var/named/chroot -g
>
> That will actually load everything and start the name server, but in
> the foreground where you can easily see any error messages. Type
> control-c to stop it. If there were any errors, go back and fix them,
> then try it again. When all is ready, use these commands:
>
> chkconfig named on
> service named start
>
> Chris Buxton
> Professional Services
> Men & Mice
>
> On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Bob Hoffman wrote:
> > running linux, cnetos 5.1 (redhat enterprise).
> > I think I have read everything under the sun. I bought the remaining
> > '1 in
> > stock' of almost every book on bind on amazon.com. The only
> > remaining one is
> > pro bind/dns and that is coming tomorrow.
> >
> > I am pretty sure it is down to just the named.conf, a zone file or
> > DB (there
> > is confusion among the books), may or may not have to deal with
> > resolve and
> > hosts files, and there is the recursvie,/non-recursive.iter/cach-
> > nocache
> > thing going on.
> >
> > The problem lies, as I am finding with most linux things, the
> > information
> > available is usually for business class servers and networks, not
> > just for
> > simple old webservers.
> >
> > Add to it that the majority of webserver owners are using managed
> > hosting
> > you have very little online for the specific webserver master.
> >
> > Willing to pay pronto for walk through...anyone please...
> > Making it work is probably possible for me as I pod along, but
> > 'making it
> > work' is not the smae as 'making it work and be secure and correct'.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  _____
> >
> > From: Mike Ragusa [mailto:mragusa at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:30 PM
> > To: Bob Hoffman
> > Cc: bind-users at isc.org
> > Subject: Re: Need help with DNS
> >
> >
> > What operating systems are you currently trying to run bind on?
> >
> > Have you googled for a basic BIND howto such as
> > http://howtoforge.com/traditional_dns_howto
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Bob Hoffman <bob at bobhoffman.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi, willing to pay for help.
> >
> > I have read book after book and still cannot figure where to start or
> > exactly what to do.
> > Most books are for networks and this is driving me crazy.
> > I cannot find anyone to hire to help me.
> >
> > Situation.....
> >
> > I have built a webserver and am testing it at home. It will be
> > colocated in
> > the future, but at the moment, no sites are pointing at it. It is a
> > standalone webserver and nothing will be linked to it (except the
> > internet).
> >
> > I would like it to have its own nameserver for the 3 or four sites I
> > am
> > putting on it.
> >
> > At home, in testing, I would like the nameserver set up and working
> > for
> > resolve issues of virtual host and the like.
> >
> > For the colo, I believe only a few settings would have to be changed
> > to go
> > from the home to the colo (such as ip addresses and the like)
> >
> > 50 an hour. Doubt this should take more than 3 hours. The extra time
> > in the
> > three hours can be spent going over a few security issues regarding
> > DNS.
> >
> > This is just a standalone server. I have a lot of books on this, but
> > nothing
> > seems to deal with just a basic nameserver and the actual files you
> > need to
> > adjust. Each book talks about everything all at once and many are
> > <gasp>
> > contradicting each other.
> >
> > Just shoot me please.
> > bob at bobhoffman.com
> >
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