Tutorial BIND9 - Revision history

Indiver at 11:22, 28 July 2024

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Adding a new Zone

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Adding a new Zone

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Logging

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Logging

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 Work with the other group to allow permissions, ensure the zone is transferred and changes are propagated promptly.
-On the secondary server, add the zone into named.conf.local:
+On the **secondary server**, add the zone into named.conf.local:
 <pre>
 zone "lab1.com.np"  {
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 Be sure to use the correct IP and zones, using above as an example.
-On the origin server, you will have to allow zone transfer to the appropriate servers:
+On the **origin server**, you will have to allow zone transfer to the appropriate servers:
 <pre>
      allow-transfer {

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 Add the following entry
 <pre>
-zone "lab1.com.np"  { type master; file "/etc/bind/lab1.com.np.zone"; };</pre>
+zone "a.example.com.np"  { type master; file "/etc/bind/a.example.com.np.zone"; };</pre>
 Then, reload BIND:

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 <pre>
-$ORIGIN lab1.com.np.
+$ORIGIN a.example.com.np.
 $TTL 86400
 @	IN	SOA	dns1.a.example.com.np.	hostmaster.a.example.com.np. (

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 $ORIGIN lab1.com.np.
 $TTL 86400
-@	IN	SOA	dns1.lab1.com.np.	hostmaster.lab1.com.np. (
+@	IN	SOA	dns1.a.example.com.np.	hostmaster.a.example.com.np. (
 			2024071501 ; serial
       ; refresh after 6 hours
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 )    ; minimum TTL of 1 day
-	IN	NS	dns1.lab1.com.np.
+	IN	NS	dns1.a.example.com.np.
-	IN	NS	dns2.lab1.com.np.
+	IN	NS	dns2.a.example.com.np.
-	IN	MX	10	mail.lab1.com.np.
+	IN	MX	10	mail.a.example.com.np.
-	IN	MX	20	mail2.lab1.com.np.
+	IN	MX	20	mail2.a.example.com.np.
 dns1	IN	A	10.0.1.1

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 Logging configuration example named.conf.logging
 <pre>logging {
-      channel querylog {
+      channel simplelog {
          file "/var/log/bind.log";
          severity info;
      };
-     category default { querylog; };
+     category default { simplelog; };
 };</pre>

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 Logging configuration example named.conf.logging
 <pre>logging {
-      channel default_syslog {
+      channel query.log {
-          print-time yes;
+        file "/var/log/bind.log";
-          print-category yes;
+        severity debug 3;
-          print-severity yes;
+    };
-          syslog daemon;
+    category default { querylog; };
 };</pre>
 Then add this to named.conf

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 <pre>sudo apt install bind9-doc</pre>
-=== Testing ===
+==== Testing ====
 Use these tools to check BIND configurations:
 * named-checkconf
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 </pre>
-=== Additional Config ===
+==== Additional Config ====
 By default, it only allows query from localhost. To enable query from your networks, setup appropiately in BIND config.
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 </pre>
-=== Testing ===
+==== More Testing ====
 Test from other computers on the network. Observe the responses.
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 Once done, reload BIND using rndc command.
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