Forwarding zone, setup

[Ondřej Surý]

Is static-stub something you are looking for?

Reference documentation:
https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/v9_18_0/reference.html?highlight=static-stub#zone-types

And in human terms:
https://jpmens.net/2011/01/25/binds-new-static-stub-zone-type/

Ondrej
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> On 28. 2. 2022, at 21:47, Gregory Sloop <gregs at sloop.net> wrote:
> 
> So, I want to forward all queries for 
> *.ab.somedomain.local to some other internal DNS servers.
> (Records in *.ab.somedomain.local actually are our active domain servers)
>  
> (Yes, I know .local is reserved now, but we've been using it a long time and changing would be rather painful. Unless there's some horrible consequences, I think we'll just continue for now. We won't ever use mDNS.)
>  
> zone "ab.somedomain.local" {
> type forward;
> forward only;
> forwarders { 10.0.0.1; 10.0.0.2; 10.0.0.3; };
> };
> 
> But this doesn't appear to do what I want.
>  
> If I add the above to my regular BIND servers configuration, it doesn't return results like it's forwarding them. (I get NXDOMAIN for abc.ab.somedomain.local.)
>  
> If I do a dig @10.0.0.1 abc.ab.somedomain.local from the BIND server, I get a proper result. (force dig to use the AD name servers directly, instead of relying on the forward.)
>  
> (And yes the resolv.conf file has the ip addresses of the main internal BIND servers in it, and those only.)
> I've looked and while I think I'm doing it right, I'm not entirely sure.
> I figured before I beat my head against the wall for too long, I'd ask the real experts! :)
>  
> 
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